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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of taxes did the Peers pay?
(a) Low.
(b) None.
(c) High.
(d) Average.

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

4. What year did the constitutional convention take place?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1787.

5. What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed?
(a) A sense of goodness.
(b) A sense of cohesiveness.
(c) A sense of completion.
(d) A sense of power.

6. What concern did many people in the states have about the newly ratified Constitution?
(a) It would be interpreted differently by the government.
(b) It would be interpreted literally by the government.
(c) It was too long.
(d) It was too short.

7. In concluding Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what did Paine state was the basis for free governments?
(a) Law, not persons.
(b) Persons, not law.
(c) Neither law nor persons.
(d) Law and persons.

8. Who did Paine emphasize was the rightful owner of the Constitution?
(a) The people and the government.
(b) The people.
(c) Neither the people nor the government.
(d) The government.

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

10. How did Paine describe America in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) A country of rapid progress.
(b) A country of limitless production.
(c) A country of rapid production.
(d) A country of limitless progress.

11. Building on the foundation of Part One, in what style was Part Two of Rights of Man written?
(a) Thoughtful and inclusive.
(b) Measured and derogatory.
(c) Measured and thoughtful.
(d) Measured, thoughtful and inclusive.

12. How did the Peers become rich?
(a) Landed property.
(b) Illegal trade.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Unfair laws.

13. How did Paine think the national debt should be paid off in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) One quarter upfront and the rest in installments.
(b) In installments.
(c) Half upfront and the remainder in installments.
(d) All at once.

14. Which effect did Paine think domestic trade had on foreign trade?
(a) Neither of them were connected.
(b) If one was good, the other was too.
(c) If one was good, the other could not be.
(d) If one was the good, the other was not necessarily good too.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When in 1174 did Congress meet to offer recommendations about the new Constitution?

2. How many nations did Paine believe had the right to establish constitutions?

3. What two things did Paine think were at the root of old governments in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

4. Why did Paine think the Articles of Confederation was ineffective?

5. What did Paine think the English's reliance on law by precedence led to?

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