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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 two co-writers.
(b) With a co-writer.
(c) With a ghost writer.
(d) Anonymously.

2. What does Paine think about the idea of being a king through heredity?
(a) He thinks it is unnatural, but not absurd.
(b) He thinks it is flawed, but not unreasonable.
(c) He thinks it is absurd and unnatural.
(d) He thinks it is reasonable and unflawed.

3. According to British law, how long do the children of the king have the right to rule over every common person?
(a) As long as the government reigns.
(b) Only for the first generation.
(c) Only up until the second generation.
(d) Only up until the third generation.

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

5. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?
(a) An absence of government.
(b) A self-sufficient government.
(c) Partial governments.
(d) Absolute governments.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where was English rule founded?

3. What did the lack of monarchy result in for Britain before the kings?

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

5. What does Paine believe will happen with time?

(see the answer key)

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