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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?
(a) With a ghost writer.
(b) Anonymously.
(c) With two co-writers.
(d) With a co-writer.

2. What grows along with a society?
(a) A need for less taxation.
(b) A need for more regulations.
(c) A need for fewer regulations.
(d) A need for more taxation.

3. From where was English rule founded?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

4. What does Paine use examples from scripture to explain?
(a) How, but not why kings became prominent.
(b) How, why, and when kings became prominent.
(c) How and why kings became prominent.
(d) Why, but not how or when kings became prominent.

5. What does Paine believe would end government through hereditary?
(a) Having each king only serve for ten years.
(b) Having each king only serve for five years.
(c) Having each king elected.
(d) Having each king only serve two terms.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?

2. What types of goals should the members of the elected have?

3. What will the first twenty years of American independence not predict, according to Paine?

4. In the Introduction, what does Paine state about the thoughts of the book?

5. What does society promote?

(see the answer key)

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