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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 style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?
(a) Traditional.
(b) Popular.
(c) Provoking.
(d) Educational.

2. As Paine wrote in Part Two of Rights of Man, what did the American Revolution put into practice for the first time?
(a) Realistic theory.
(b) More government laws.
(c) Less government laws.
(d) Democratic theory.

3. What concern did many people in the states have about the newly ratified Constitution?
(a) It was too long.
(b) It would be interpreted differently by the government.
(c) It would be interpreted literally by the government.
(d) It was too short.

4. How did Paine describe the society in small domains where government was necessary?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Indifferent.

5. What was it about George Washington, the first American President, that Paine thought put all of the kings to shame?
(a) His courage.
(b) His independence.
(c) His loyalty.
(d) His character.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trade did Paine think would destroy war in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

2. What type of taxes did the Peers pay?

3. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

4. What word did Paine use to describe the English Constitution in Of Constitutions?

5. What forms of objection were there to the Articles of Confederation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paine respond to objections about Rights of Man?

2. What was the purpose of Congress' original meetings in 1774 and 1775, and what effect did the Declaration of Independence have on America?

3. Which taxes and regulations did Paine think should be reduced or abolished in England?

4. What description of early America did Paine provide in order to prove how a society could maintain itself without government?

5. How did Paine describe Republicanism as a response to Burke at the end of Chapter 3?

6. How did Paine end Rights of Man with the optimism of the coming Revolutions and Republics?

7. How did Paine discuss social order in Chapter 1?

8. Why did Paine support commerce and universal trade in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

9. Which changes would Paine make to the revenue distribution system of the monarchy?

10. Which two functions did Paine divide governments into in Of Constitutions?

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