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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. Which one of the following was not included in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?
(a) The taxes were low.
(b) The rich were not privileged.
(c) The industry was extensive.
(d) The poor were not oppressed.

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

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

4. What year did the constitutional convention take place?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1785.

5. As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place?
(a) 1690.
(b) 1686.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1692.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine say about the elderly in the workhouse in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

2. What type of fighting did Paine think corporate charters produced where they existed?

3. Compared to previous Revolutions, what did Paine think future Revolutions would be like?

4. How did Paine describe the picture of corporate towns in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. How did Paine describe the monarchical government that the American Constitution avoided in Of Constitutions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Paine end Rights of Man with the optimism of the coming Revolutions and Republics?

3. How did Paine discuss social order in Chapter 1?

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

5. Why did Paine think that natural rights rejected hereditary government?

6. Which taxes and regulations did Paine think should be reduced or abolished in England?

7. Which two functions did Paine divide governments into in Of Constitutions?

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

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

10. What did Paine think should be done about the Peers in England?

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