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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was de Tocqueville's voyage to the United States?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1850.

2. On what type of sovereignty does democracy rely?
(a) Majority.
(b) Absolute.
(c) Minority.
(d) Partial.

3. De Tocqueville compares equality to what weapon?
(a) A spear.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A double-edged sword.

4. Instead of being driven by man, events--according to a democratic writer--are driven by what?
(a) Fate or sheer necessity.
(b) Providence or sheer necessity.
(c) Fate or irresistable forces.
(d) Providence or irresistible forces.

5. Before the American Revolution, what were the two great political parties?
(a) The Federalist and the Democratic parties.
(b) The Federalist and the Anti-Federalist parties.
(c) The Federalist and the State parties.
(d) The Federalist and the Republican parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. The democratic writer assumes that man is what?

2. De Tocqueville believes that Americans have little means of discussing opinions outside the range of those entertained by whom?

3. Power is divided between what two entities in the United States?

4. Because of the generally accepted principle of equality among Americans, according to de Tocqueville they are less likely to accept what?

5. In what does de Tocqueville say American writers find poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. In de Tocqueville's observations, what do educated individuals in America read, and how does it relate to their lives?

2. What is the definition of a regime?

3. Why, in America, would it be hard for a democratic government to exercise tyrannical authority?

4. De Tocqueville believes that political parties are what to democratic societies?

5. De Tocqueville believes that religion provides what to Americans?

6. What are some of the suggestions that equality makes to the beliefs of the American people?

7. Before the American Revolution, what were the two great political parties in the United States and what were their aims?

8. On what single principle does democracy, as a political system, rely?

9. What does de Tocqueville analyze in his book?

10. What laws prevailed as the basis of the developing democratic society in the United States?

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