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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which event did Paine refer to in Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments as he discussed the formation of the English government?
(a) The Italian Wars.
(b) The English Civil War.
(c) The Norman Conquest.
(d) The Hundred Years' War.

2. How did Paine refer to tax revenue in the European governments?
(a) None of it was being wasted.
(b) Not enough of it was being generated.
(c) Very little of it was being wasted.
(d) So much of it was being wasted.

3. In Of Society and Civilization, what point did Paine make about social order?
(a) It did not exist before government, but it would exist if government was abolished.
(b) It would be just as strong if government was abolished.
(c) It would be stronger if government was abolished.
(d) It existed before government and it would exist if government was abolished.

4. Because the English government was undisciplined in Paine's opinion, what were they too preoccupied with?
(a) Foreign affairs.
(b) Taxation.
(c) Maintaining the laws.
(d) Changing the laws.

5. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) It promotes the common good.
(b) It reinforces the notion of justice.
(c) It promotes the common thinking.
(d) It reinforces the notion of loyalty.

6. What taxes did Paine think should be abolished in the British government?
(a) Poor-rates, but not houses or windows.
(b) Houses, windows, and poor-rates.
(c) Windows and poor-rates, but not houses.
(d) Houses and poor-rates, but not windows.

7. What did Paine think were society's greatest laws?
(a) The laws of independence.
(b) The laws of reason.
(c) The laws of nature.
(d) The laws of equality.

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

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

10. How did Paine characterize constitutions and governments in Of Constitutions?
(a) They were distinct.
(b) They were not distinct.
(c) They were complimentary.
(d) They were not complimentary.

11. Which Pennsylvania town did Paine refer to in Of Constitutions as having its own committee?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) York.
(d) Allentown.

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

13. What did Paine urge the people of Europe to believe in?
(a) Their understanding of civilization.
(b) Their ability to organize themselves.
(c) Their understanding of laws.
(d) Their ability to govern themselves.

14. When was the Articles of Confederation passed?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1781.

15. In Paine's opinion, when did a society need government even less?
(a) When it had an effective military.
(b) When it had vast resources.
(c) When it had good moral character.
(d) When it had an established trade agreement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of ignorance did Paine think the monarchy acted in when using its arbitrary power?

2. What did Paine advocate for business regulations in the British government?

3. How many counties did Pennsylvania initially have before the American Constitution was formed?

4. Compared to previous Revolutions, what did Paine think future Revolutions would be like?

5. How long after the first part of Rights of Man was Part Two published?

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