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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. How did Paine refer to tax revenue in the European governments?
(a) Not enough of it was being generated.
(b) So much of it was being wasted.
(c) None of it was being wasted.
(d) Very little of it was being wasted.

2. What did Paine urge the people of Europe to believe in?
(a) Their understanding of laws.
(b) Their ability to govern themselves.
(c) Their ability to organize themselves.
(d) Their understanding of civilization.

3. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) It reinforces the notion of loyalty.
(b) It promotes the common thinking.
(c) It reinforces the notion of justice.
(d) It promotes the common good.

4. Which two functions did Paine outline for governments in Of Constitutions?
(a) Developing laws and passing them.
(b) Developing laws and enforcing them.
(c) Passing laws and enforcing them.
(d) Passing laws and revising them.

5. As Paine explained in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what should the increase of commerce never be attributed to?
(a) The nation-state.
(b) The nation-government.
(c) The international opinion.
(d) The international laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine think the English's reliance on law by precedence led to?

2. As explained by Paine in Of Constitutions, what made the constitutions binding?

3. What type of taxes did the Peers pay?

4. Announcing the arrival of representative government at the end of Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, how did Paine advise that future revolution should be contemplated?

5. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Paine's definition of Constitution in Of Constitutions?

3. What did Paine write about the origins of government in Chapter 2?

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

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

6. Why did Paine think that natural rights rejected hereditary government?

7. What was Paine's opinion of George Washington?

8. How was the Constitution passed and what concerns did people have about it at the time?

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

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

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