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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the famous quote by Paine that starts the section, The Crisis?
(a) These are the men whose soul's have been tried.
(b) These are the times that men's souls are tested.
(c) These are the men whose soul's need to be tested.
(d) These are the times that try men's souls.

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

3. What will the first twenty years of American independence not predict, according to Paine?
(a) The next fifteen years.
(b) The next twenty years.
(c) The next five years.
(d) The next ten years.

4. What does Paine believe will happen with time?
(a) His views will never become accepted or favored.
(b) His views will become accepted, but not favored.
(c) His views will become accepted and possibly favored.
(d) His views will become favored, but not accepted.

5. 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.

6. How many total pages is Burke's denouncement of the French Revolution?
(a) Four hundred and sixty five.
(b) Five hundred and thirty four.
(c) Six hundred and forty three.
(d) Three hundred and fifty six.

7. According to Paine, what does Burke lack?
(a) An understanding of liberty.
(b) An understanding of economics.
(c) An understanding of government.
(d) An understanding of history.

8. Whom was the Rights of Man presented to?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

10. What did the lack of monarchy result in for Britain before the kings?
(a) A lack of commerce.
(b) A need for commerce.
(c) A lack of war.
(d) A need for war.

11. How does Burke describe Louis XVI?
(a) A beaten monarch.
(b) A resourceful monarch.
(c) A fearful monarch.
(d) A mild monarch.

12. What is the result of using faith for political reasons?
(a) It undermines only the religion involved.
(b) It undermines the religions that are not involved.
(c) It undermines all religions.
(d) It undermines the right to practice religion freely.

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

14. Why does the monarchy no longer work in Paine's opinion?
(a) Because the king is too far away from the people.
(b) Because the king has stopped listening to the people.
(c) Because the king has stopped talking to the people.
(d) Because the king is not far enough away from the people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paine believe that America will succeed?

2. What are the questions about in Paine's last letter to the people of England?

3. Why do Englishmen defend their king?

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

5. What saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?

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