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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Paine originally view Burke, before he denounced the French Revolution?
(a) As a possible threat.
(b) As an enemy.
(c) As an ally.
(d) As a possible ally.

2. According to Paine, which governments must unite to lead by example in order to ensure liberty worldwide?
(a) Only America and France.
(b) Only England and France.
(c) Only America and England.
(d) America, England, and France.

3. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?
(a) With two co-writers.
(b) With a ghost writer.
(c) With a co-writer.
(d) Anonymously.

4. What city did the British incorrectly assume was the center of America when they attacked it?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) New York.
(d) Dallas.

5. What are the decrees outlining the foundation for a new French government called?
(a) The August Decrees.
(b) The September Decrees.
(c) The December Decrees.
(d) The November Decrees.

6. What does Paine hope the English people will realize from Burke's pamphlet?
(a) How complicated the English laws are.
(b) How difficult the English laws are to change.
(c) How archaic the English laws are.
(d) How easy the English laws are to change.

7. How many years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?
(a) The first three.
(b) The first four.
(c) The last four.
(d) The last three.

8. What is the Rights of Man considered?
(a) A novel.
(b) An essay.
(c) A speech.
(d) A treatise.

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

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

11. Whose sermon given to celebrate the anniversary of the English Revolution does Burke misrepresent?
(a) Richard Price.
(b) James Mackintosh.
(c) Daniel Conway.
(d) Joseph Priestley.

12. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?
(a) He is not superstitious.
(b) He does believe in miracles.
(c) He is superstitious.
(d) He does not believe in miracles.

13. What do the English people indicate with their silence?
(a) Their objection to the laws.
(b) Their inability to understand the laws.
(c) Their acceptance of the laws.
(d) Their inability to change the laws.

14. 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 flawed, but not unreasonable.
(c) He thinks it is unnatural, but not absurd.
(d) He thinks it is absurd and unnatural.

15. How many days before the taking of the Bastille did Marquis de La Fayette make a speech?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paine describe the Quakers?

2. Which one of the following is not included in the natural rights Paine believes should be retained by people after they are born?

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

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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