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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Paine describe the idea of bureaucrats managing trade properly?

3. Which one of the following was not included in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?

4. In concluding Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what did Paine state was the basis for free governments?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the purpose of Congress' original meetings in 1774 and 1775, and what effect did the Declaration of Independence have on America?

7. As discussed in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what effect would a possible alliance with France have for England?

8. What was Paine's definition of Constitution in Of Constitutions?

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

10. What was Paine's opinion of George Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The first two prefaces for Rights of Man were intended to be read by English and French audiences.

1) Describe the English preface and Paine's goals when writing it.

2) Explain the message that Paine was delivering with the French preface.

3) Analyze the similarities and differences between the English and French prefaces.

Essay Topic 2

In the third preface to Rights of Man, Paine established his resentment of the backlash that his readers have received.

1) Describe the general preface for the book and the mistreatment of some of Paine's readers.

2) Explain Paine's response to the unfair treatment of his readers in other countries.

3) Analyze the literary reasons for having three prefaces in a book or document, and how they apply to Rights of Man.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Dr. Price, the societies mentioned with him in Rights of Man, the rights that he outlined, Burke's objection of his positions and Paine's defense of them.

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