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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a strong government assure against?
(a) Civil war and poverty.
(b) Civil war, poverty, and treason.
(c) Civil war, but not poverty.
(d) Poverty, but not civil war or treason.

2. What does Paine wish America could have used against the British?
(a) The use of inside information.
(b) The harshness of winter.
(c) The heat of summer.
(d) The element of surprise.

3. According to Paine, what should not be confused with religion?
(a) An empty soul.
(b) A full soul.
(c) A cold soul.
(d) A warm soul.

4. How did the men in the American army fight Howe?
(a) They fought for property, not an ideal.
(b) They fought for an ideal, not property.
(c) They fought neither for an ideal nor property.
(d) They fought for an ideal and property.

5. Which religious group of people does Paine think are persecuted?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Those who pretend to be Christians.
(c) Those who pretend to be Quakers.
(d) Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?

2. How long would news take to travel from England to America if the two countries were to reconcile at this point?

3. What are the questions about in Paine's last letter to the people of England?

4. What grows along with a society?

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

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