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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 alliance did Paine suggest should take place in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) America, Italy, and France.
(b) America, England, and France.
(c) Italy, England, and France.
(d) America, Italy, and England.

2. How many nations did Paine believe had the right to establish constitutions?
(a) Only a few of them.
(b) Several of them.
(c) Most of them.
(d) All of them.

3. As Paine wrote in Part Two of Rights of Man, what did the American Revolution put into practice for the first time?
(a) Less government laws.
(b) Democratic theory.
(c) More government laws.
(d) Realistic theory.

4. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?
(a) The right amount.
(b) Not enough.
(c) Too much.
(d) He did not comment on it.

5. Which part of the English Constitution did Paine cite as a significant achievement?
(a) Petition of Right.
(b) Charter of Liberties.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Bill of Rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?

2. How did Paine react to Burke's refusal to respond to Part One of Rights of Man?

3. Which Pennsylvania town did Paine refer to in Of Constitutions as having its own committee?

4. What did Paine say was crucial to a good constitution at the end of Of Constitutions?

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

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. Which countries did Paine think should have a constitution and what would make it work for them?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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