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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?

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

3. What does a strong government assure against?

4. For what does Paine compliment Washington?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the problems with using faith and religion for political purposes?

2. How did Paine and Burke become enemies and what are Paine's concerns about Burke's pamphlet?

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

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

5. What is the difference between society and government?

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

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

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

9. What does Burke accuse the French of pertaining to their actions against Louis XVI and how does Paine correct him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the differences between society and government as Paine refers to them in the Introduction. Use the examples that Paine provides and your analysis to explain the roles of each of them in a successful country, why and when a society needs a government, and what the priority of the elected officials in that government should be.

Essay Topic 2

Paine rejects the notion that religion should be used in politics in any way.

1) Describe Paine's views on religion and what should be considered when opposing someone's opinions or beliefs.

2) Explain Paine's warning against using religion for political purposes and the results of what happens when faith is misused in this way.

3) Describe the Quakers and their situation according to Paine's analysis of them in The Crisis.

Essay Topic 3

Paine writes about Agrarian Justice and the distribution of land in America.

1) Describe Paine's initial theory of how land should be given to people and why he believes it is impractical.

2) Explain how Paine considers land cultivation versus dispossession.

3) Analyze Paine's concluding plan for compensating people who he thinks have been cheated of their rightful inheritance.

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