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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. How many times does Burke mention the Bastille in his book?
(a) Only twice.
(b) Only three times.
(c) Only once.
(d) None.

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

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

4. How does Paine describe Burke's descriptions of the French during the Revolution?
(a) Disturbing, vulgar, and predictable.
(b) Disturbing and predictable.
(c) Vulgar and predictable.
(d) Disturbing and vulgar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paine describe tyranny?

2. What did Gideon deny?

3. What is the famous quote by Paine that starts the section, The Crisis?

4. What does Paine consider the government to be?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paine recall the events surrounding George Washington's crossing of the Delaware?

2. Why does Paine consider the English monarchy to be ineffective?

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

4. What does Paine think that America will gain by separating from England?

5. What are some of the other criticisms that Paine has about Howe?

6. Why is it necessary for the states to be separated?

7. How does Paine consider the state of America and his literary career after the revolution?

8. What is Paine's definition of a Quaker?

9. What is the view of Gideon that Paine uses as an example?

10. According to Paine, how does England view the French Revolution?

(see the answer keys)

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