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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. Who did Paine emphasize was the rightful owner of the Constitution?
(a) The people.
(b) The people and the government.
(c) The government.
(d) Neither the people nor the government.

2. How long after the first part of Rights of Man was Part Two published?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

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

4. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?
(a) Popular.
(b) Educational.
(c) Traditional.
(d) Provoking.

5. What did Paine think the English's reliance on law by precedence led to?
(a) Ignorance of the law.
(b) Distrust of the law.
(c) Abolishment of the law.
(d) Confusion of the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Paine's thoughts about the idea of nations flourishing on commerce alone?

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

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

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

5. Which effect did Paine think domestic trade had on foreign trade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Paine's opinion of corporate charters?

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

6. How was the Constitution passed and what concerns did people have about it at the time?

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

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

9. How did Paine define the old governments and the new governments in Chapter 3?

10. What was Paine's objection to the Articles of Confederation?

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