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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Burke's opinion of the Peers that Paine disagreed with in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) They were an example of society.
(b) They were an example of security.
(c) They were the pillar of security.
(d) They were the pillar of society.

2. As explained by Paine in Of Constitutions, what made the constitutions binding?
(a) Nations had no interest in being wrong.
(b) Nations put their success as a priority.
(c) Nations put their coexistence as a priority.
(d) Nations had no interest in being misled.

3. Which one of the following was not included by Paine in the list of things that commerce led to?
(a) Peace.
(b) Structure.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Cordiality.

4. As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place?
(a) 1686.
(b) 1688.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1690.

5. Where was the constitutional convention held?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Washington.

6. What was Paine's opinion of Burke's new work when he wrote Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) He thought is was a slight improvement.
(b) He did not think much of it.
(c) He thought it was worse than before.
(d) He did not read it.

7. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?
(a) Reason, commerce, and universal war.
(b) Universal war, commerce, and governmental politics.
(c) Reason, universal peace, and commerce.
(d) Reason, universal peace, and governmental politics.

8. What type of fighting did Paine think corporate charters produced where they existed?
(a) Limited.
(b) Lengthy.
(c) Short.
(d) Endless.

9. Considering the point that Paine made in Of Constitutions, what were governments designed to promote under a constitution?
(a) Only the collective good.
(b) The individual and collective good.
(c) Only the individual good.
(d) Neither the individual nor the collective good.

10. What did Paine think the English's reliance on law by precedence led to?
(a) Confusion of the law.
(b) Distrust of the law.
(c) Ignorance of the law.
(d) Abolishment of the law.

11. Which two functions did Paine outline for governments in Of Constitutions?
(a) Passing laws and enforcing them.
(b) Passing laws and revising them.
(c) Developing laws and passing them.
(d) Developing laws and enforcing them.

12. What type of ignorance did Paine think the monarchy acted in when using its arbitrary power?
(a) Temporary.
(b) Random.
(c) Superstitious.
(d) Selective.

13. How did Paine describe the picture of corporate towns in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) Decay and oppression.
(b) Decay, chaos and oppression.
(c) Decay and chaos.
(d) Chaos and oppression.

14. By writing Part Two of Rights of Man, what was Paine aiming to reveal about the claims of government to produce order?
(a) They were intentionally misleading.
(b) They were in error.
(c) They were exaggerated.
(d) They were fabricated.

15. How many counties did Pennsylvania initially have before the American Constitution was formed?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Peers become rich?

2. Which alliance did Paine suggest should take place in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

3. Announcing the arrival of representative government at the end of Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, how did Paine advise that future revolution should be contemplated?

4. What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed?

5. How did Paine refer to tax revenue in the European governments?

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