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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Paine believe will happen with time?

3. How does Paine describe Burke's descriptions of the French during the Revolution?

4. What river are the American troops preparing to cross as Paine describes their trials and tribulations?

5. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the government of England increase its revenue through its disagreements with other countries?

2. How did the American army defeat General Howe?

3. What mistake do the British make in attacking a particular city during the American Revolution?

4. How does Paine think America's Continental Congress should be designed?

5. How does Burke misrepresent Dr. Price's speech and what is Paine's response?

6. What disappoints Paine about the limited examples of solid government that are available?

7. What are the civil rights that Paine believes should be applied to government?

8. What does Paine hope the English people will do as a result of reading Burke's pamphlets?

9. Why does Paine think that America will succeed on its own?

10. What are the reasons Paine gives in support of America's Declaration of Independence?

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