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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine wrote in Part Two of Rights of Man, what did the American Revolution put into practice for the first time?

2. Who did Paine contend that a monarchy was maintained to amuse?

3. How many houses of Congress were part of the Constitution that was ratified at the constitutional convention?

4. How did Paine describe the laws protecting the aristocracy in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. As Paine explained in Of Society and Civilization, what has nature given man to ensure the cooperation needed to survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. As discussed in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what effect would a possible alliance with France have for England?

2. What was Paine's definition of Constitution in Of Constitutions?

3. Based on the information provided in Of Constitutions, how did the American Constitution avoid the same mistakes made by the monarchical governments?

4. What was Paine's plan for paying off the national debt in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. What was Paine's opinion of George Washington?

6. Why did Paine think that America was the only country that could have tried the new form of government he supported?

7. Why did Paine support commerce and universal trade in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

8. How did Paine describe the elderly and the children in Europe?

9. How and why were the committees of America formed before the Declaration of Independence?

10. What particular problem in London did Paine address in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

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