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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 the Peers become rich?
(a) Landed property.
(b) Illegal trade.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Unfair laws.

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

3. What type of ignorance did Paine think the monarchy acted in when using its arbitrary power?
(a) Temporary.
(b) Superstitious.
(c) Random.
(d) Selective.

4. Why did Paine think that America was the only place in the world where Independence could be tried?
(a) It had the most creative people.
(b) It was free of history.
(c) It had the most to gain.
(d) It was the correct size.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?

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

3. Announcing the arrival of representative government at the end of Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, how did Paine advise that future revolution should be contemplated?

4. How did Paine describe America in Part Two of Rights of Man?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Paine respond to objections about Rights of Man?

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

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

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

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

8. What description of early America did Paine provide in order to prove how a society could maintain itself without government?

9. How did Paine compare the American Constitution with the constitution of England in Of Constitutions?

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

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