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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) All at once.
(c) In installments.
(d) Half upfront and the remainder in installments.

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

3. As mentioned by Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, which type of monarchy did Abbe Sieyes prefer?
(a) Elective.
(b) Hereditary.
(c) Selective.
(d) Generational.

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

5. How did Paine describe the monarchical government that the American Constitution avoided in Of Constitutions?
(a) Insulting mistake.
(b) Ridiculous injustice.
(c) Senseless abomination.
(d) Childish embarrassment.

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

7. As Paine explained in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what should the increase of commerce never be attributed to?
(a) The nation-state.
(b) The international laws.
(c) The international opinion.
(d) The nation-government.

8. 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?
(a) Frequently.
(b) Aggressively.
(c) Carefully.
(d) Repeatedly.

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

10. 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 an established trade agreement.
(d) When it had good moral character.

11. How did Paine react to Burke's refusal to respond to Part One of Rights of Man?
(a) He found it frustrating.
(b) He found it surprising.
(c) He found it cowardly.
(d) He found it inexusable.

12. What did Paine advocate for business regulations in the British government?
(a) They should be rewritten.
(b) They should be updated.
(c) They should be eliminated.
(d) They should be reduced.

13. Which office were foreigners prohibited from having under the American Constitution?
(a) President.
(b) Governor.
(c) Senator.
(d) Mayor.

14. What idea did Paine think the European government should be constructed on?
(a) Universal cooperation.
(b) Universal civilization.
(c) National civilization.
(d) National cooperation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern did many people in the states have about the newly ratified Constitution?

2. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?

3. How did Paine indicate the corporate charters destroy rights in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

4. What type of taxes did the Peers pay?

5. Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward?

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