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

2. What was Paine's opinion of Burke's new work when he wrote Part Two of Rights of Man?

3. By writing Part Two of Rights of Man, what was Paine aiming to reveal about the claims of government to produce order?

4. What type of trade did Paine think would destroy war in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. Because the English government was undisciplined in Paine's opinion, what were they too preoccupied with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the difference in the opinions of Sieyes and Burke and the monarchies?

10. How did Paine define the old governments and the new governments in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain three examples of mistakes that Burke made in his description of the French Revolution, Paine's correction of the mistakes, and what their inaccuracy showed about Burke's opinions.

Essay Topic 2

Part Two of Rights of Man began with an Introduction about America's success and the reasons behind it.

1) Describe the aspects of America that Paine thought helped them succeed in forming a new government.

2) Explain why Paine expressed that America was the only place that could have tried a new form of government at that time.

3) Analyze the success of America as it is highlighted by Paine in the Introduction of Part Two of Rights of Man.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Paine provided his suggestions for solving some of England's most significant problems.

1) Describe the exhaustion of the elderly in the workhouse of Europe and Paine's suggestions for improving the conditions for the them.

2) Explain why Paine was concerned about the children of England and the programs he recommended to give them moral instruction and direction.

3) Analyze Paine's budgetary advice for England and how it was designed to solve the problems of the poor, the elderly and the children.

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