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

2. How did Paine indicate the corporate charters destroy rights in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) By encouraging people to dismiss new financial ideas.
(b) By preventing people from exercising financial power.
(c) By preventing people from exercising political power.
(d) By encouraging people to dismiss new political ideas.

3. What did Paine say about the elderly in the workhouse in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) They were unemployed.
(b) They were exhausted.
(c) They were underpaid.
(d) They were energized.

4. What concern did many people in the states have about the newly ratified Constitution?
(a) It was too long.
(b) It would be interpreted differently by the government.
(c) It would be interpreted literally by the government.
(d) It was too short.

5. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) It promotes the common thinking.
(b) It promotes the common good.
(c) It reinforces the notion of loyalty.
(d) It reinforces the notion of justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place?

2. Which event did Paine refer to in Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments as he discussed the formation of the English government?

3. According to Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what was the American Presidency originally built on?

4. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?

5. How did Paine describe the society in small domains where government was necessary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was Paine's plan for paying off the national debt in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

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

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

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

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