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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tactic will the king use to gain favor in the long run if he cannot rule through force in the short run?
(a) Subtlety.
(b) War.
(c) Information.
(d) Bribery.

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

3. How did the men in the American army fight Howe?
(a) They fought for an ideal and property.
(b) They fought neither for an ideal nor property.
(c) They fought for an ideal, not property.
(d) They fought for property, not an ideal.

4. Why does Paine state that America took up arms against England?
(a) England forced the hand of America.
(b) Other countries forced the hand of America.
(c) America had become more prosperous than England.
(d) America had become more prosperous than almost all other countries.

5. In an ideal world, who would make decisions regarding regulations?
(a) All members of government.
(b) A select few members of society.
(c) All members of society.
(d) A select few members of government.

6. What point does Paine use Joan of Arc as an example to support?
(a) The strength of the American soldiers.
(b) America's political views.
(c) The weakness of the British rule.
(d) America's sacrifice for independence.

7. Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published?
(a) Strasbourg.
(b) Bordeaux.
(c) Grenoble.
(d) Paris.

8. What are the rumors about the reason behind Burke's pamphlet?
(a) He did it out of loyalty for his country.
(b) He did it for financial reasons.
(c) He did it to receive notoriety.
(d) He did it out of hatred for other countries.

9. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?
(a) Germany.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Holland.
(d) Belgium.

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

11. According to Paine, whose role in the French Revolution should not be diminished?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

12. Why does Paine believe that America will succeed?
(a) Because of unity.
(b) Because of great numbers.
(c) Because of its economic status.
(d) Because of its political status.

13. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?
(a) Giving medicine to the dead.
(b) Reasoning with a wall.
(c) Talking to a wall.
(d) Talking to the dead.

14. For what does Paine compliment Washington?
(a) For his mind and economic resources.
(b) For his economic resources.
(c) For his character and mind.
(d) For his character, mind, and economic resources.

15. What does Paine believe each generation should have?
(a) The ideals and values of the preceding government.
(b) Its own ideals, but the values of the preceding government.
(c) Its own ideals, values, and choices in government.
(d) Its own values, but the ideals of the preceding government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paine respond to the people who cannot follow his logic?

2. What does Paine use examples from scripture to explain?

3. Why does England constantly need a foe to battle?

4. According to British law, how long do the children of the king have the right to rule over every common person?

5. How does Paine refer to himself, with regards to Howe?

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