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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. In Of Society and Civilization, what point did Paine make about social order?

2. Which office were foreigners prohibited from having under the American Constitution?

3. Who did Paine emphasize was the rightful owner of the Constitution?

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

5. Why did Paine think that America was the only place in the world where Independence could be tried?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe in detail the origin of the natural rights that Paine wrote about. Include an explanation of what the rights were, where they came from, the differences between natural and civil rights and how those rights should be represented in government and society.

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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