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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. What were Paine's thoughts about the idea of nations flourishing on commerce alone?
(a) It should only be done in certain nations.
(b) It was possible and should be done.
(c) It was possible, but should not be done.
(d) It should not and could not be done.

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

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

4. Using history to support his opinion, what did Paine find unsurprising about how governments began?
(a) They began in chaos.
(b) They began as robbers.
(c) They began in ignorance.
(d) They began as murderers.

5. Which words did Paine use to depict the costs of the monarchy in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) Obscene and unqualified.
(b) Obscene, unexplained and insane.
(c) Unqualified and unexplained.
(d) Obscene and insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What taxes did Paine think should be abolished in the British government?

2. How did Paine characterize constitutions and governments in Of Constitutions?

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

4. As explained by Paine in Of Constitutions, what made the constitutions binding?

5. Who did Paine emphasize was the rightful owner of the Constitution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Paine write about the origins of government in Chapter 2?

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

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 the purpose of Congress' original meetings in 1774 and 1775, and what effect did the Declaration of Independence have on America?

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

6. How much time had passed between Part One and Part Two of Rights of Man, and how did Burke respond to Part One?

7. What was the difference in the opinions of Sieyes and Burke and the monarchies?

8. How did Paine describe Republicanism as a response to Burke at the end of Chapter 3?

9. Which changes would Paine make to the revenue distribution system of the monarchy?

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

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