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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which alliance did Paine suggest should take place in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) America, Italy, and England.
(b) America, England, and France.
(c) America, Italy, and France.
(d) Italy, England, and France.

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

3. Why did Paine think the Articles of Confederation was ineffective?
(a) It was not detailed enough.
(b) It was too detailed.
(c) It was not representative enough.
(d) It was too representative.

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

5. What was it about George Washington, the first American President, that Paine thought put all of the kings to shame?
(a) His courage.
(b) His character.
(c) His independence.
(d) His loyalty.

6. What did Paine think should happen to every bill before it was voted on in a representative style of government?
(a) It should be challenged by the people.
(b) It should be debated in succession.
(c) It should be read by the people.
(d) It should be approved by a majority.

7. Which part of the English Constitution did Paine cite as a significant achievement?
(a) Charter of Liberties.
(b) Magna Carta.
(c) Petition of Right.
(d) Bill of Rights.

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

9. How did Paine indicate the corporate charters destroy rights in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) By preventing people from exercising political power.
(b) By preventing people from exercising financial power.
(c) By encouraging people to dismiss new financial ideas.
(d) By encouraging people to dismiss new political ideas.

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

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

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

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

14. What was the compact between the people of the United States that Paine mentioned in Of Constitutions?
(a) To develop a system based on taxes.
(b) To create and sustain a philosophy.
(c) To create and sustain a government.
(d) To develop a system based on laws.

15. How did Paine describe the laws protecting the aristocracy in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) Misleading and unjust.
(b) Brutal and confusing.
(c) Misleading and confusing.
(d) Brutal and unjust.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paine's opinion, when did a society need government even less?

2. What idea did Paine think the European government should be constructed on?

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

4. As Paine explained in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what should the increase of commerce never be attributed to?

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

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