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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. Using history to support his opinion, what did Paine find unsurprising about how governments began?

2. Why did Paine think the Articles of Confederation was ineffective?

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

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

5. How did the Peers become rich?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Paine's objection to the Articles of Confederation?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Paine's explanation of commerce and trade in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, including the benefits of commerce, how it could be increased, and Paine's response to the objections that had been made about free trade.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss three major differences that Paine and Burke had in their opinions of a hereditary monarchy. Also, include an explanation of what a hereditary monarchy was, the negative effects it had on society, and whether or not you agree with Paine about its absurdity.

Essay Topic 3

Both Paine and Burke looked at the storming of the Bastille in very different ways.

1) Describe why Burke might have decided to ignore the Bastille and how he briefly referred to it.

2) Explain Paine's opinion of the Bastille and why he considered it to be an important historical event.

3) Analyze whose opinion of the Bastille you think seems the most logical.

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