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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does England constantly need a foe to battle?
(a) To increase trade agreements.
(b) To increase jobs through war.
(c) To prove their place in the world.
(d) To provide a reason for its high taxes.

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

3. When did the English Revolution take place?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1678.
(c) 1698.
(d) 1697.

4. When did Edmund Burke attack the French Revolution in a book?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1791.

5. How many ancient tyrannies does Paine think comprise the English Constitution?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

6. According to Paine, what should not be confused with religion?
(a) A full soul.
(b) A warm soul.
(c) A cold soul.
(d) An empty soul.

7. Why do Englishmen defend their king?
(a) Out of both reason and national pride.
(b) Out of national pride, rather than reason.
(c) Out of reason, rather than national pride.
(d) Out of neither reason nor national pride.

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

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

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

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

12. How long would news take to travel from England to America if the two countries were to reconcile at this point?
(a) Two or three months.
(b) Four or five months.
(c) Four or five weeks.
(d) Two or three weeks.

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

14. Why does Paine think the British are incapable of ruling America justly?
(a) They are too powerful.
(b) They are too jealous.
(c) They are not economically sound.
(d) They are too weak.

15. What concerns Paine about how Burke's pamphlet is published?
(a) The colors used.
(b) The translation.
(c) The small print.
(d) The incorrect order of pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine believe each generation should have?

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

3. What do the English people indicate with their silence?

4. What did Gideon deny?

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

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