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

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

3. What does Howe support that draws Paine's criticism?
(a) The counterfeiting of American money.
(b) The theft of American money.
(c) The decreasing costs of American products.
(d) The rising costs of American products.

4. What replaced hopelessness during a long battle, as Paine recounts?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Fear.
(c) Boldness.
(d) Vigor.

5. When does Paine wish the Revolution had begun?
(a) Eight days later.
(b) Eight months earlier.
(c) Eight days earlier.
(d) Eight months later.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paine describe society?

2. At what age can a monarch be appointed in Britain?

3. Why do Englishmen defend their king?

4. In an ideal world, who would make decisions regarding regulations?

5. What will the first twenty years of American independence not predict, according to Paine?

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