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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 were the new principles of government that Paine wrote about in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

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

3. How did Paine describe the picture of corporate towns in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

4. Considering the point that Paine made in Of Constitutions, what were governments designed to promote under a constitution?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Based on the information provided in Of Constitutions, how did the American Constitution avoid the same mistakes made by the monarchical governments?

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

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

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

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

Paine provided a detailed analysis of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens.

1) Describe the main articles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens and their purpose.

2) Explain which articles best represented Paine's positions and why.

3) Analyze the influence that the articles had in the forming of the laws in France.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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