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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Paine, what is the difference between society and government?
(a) East versus West.
(b) Right versus wrong.
(c) North versus South.
(d) Positivism versus negativism.

2. How does Paine describe the Quakers?
(a) Quiet and inoffensive.
(b) Inoffensive but loud.
(c) Quiet but offensive.
(d) Offensive and loud.

3. How does Paine describe tyranny?
(a) An opponent that once could have been easily defeated, but no longer.
(b) An opponent that is easily defeated.
(c) An opponent that is not easily defeated.
(d) An opponent that is not easily defeated now, but will be in the future.

4. What does Paine consider the government to be?
(a) A necessary problem.
(b) An unnecessary evil.
(c) An unnecessary problem.
(d) A necessary evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine states in The Crisis, what word should never replace the word "Christian"?

2. How many questions does Paine address in his final letter to the people of England?

3. Which proverb does Paine refer to when commenting on the acts of Howe and Burgoyne?

4. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?

5. How did the men in the American army fight Howe?

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