View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of using faith for political reasons?
(a) It undermines only the religion involved.
(b) It undermines the religions that are not involved.
(c) It undermines the right to practice religion freely.
(d) It undermines all religions.

2. Why does the monarchy no longer work in Paine's opinion?
(a) Because the king has stopped talking to the people.
(b) Because the king is not far enough away from the people.
(c) Because the king has stopped listening to the people.
(d) Because the king is too far away from the people.

3. How many years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?
(a) The first four.
(b) The first three.
(c) The last four.
(d) The last three.

4. What does Paine consider the government to be?
(a) A necessary evil.
(b) An unnecessary problem.
(c) An unnecessary evil.
(d) A necessary problem.

5. What does Paine believe should never separate the elected from the electors?
(a) Belief or action.
(b) Belief, action, or money.
(c) Belief, but not action.
(d) Action, but not belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Englishmen defend their king?

2. Why does Paine believe that America will succeed?

3. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?

4. Which proverb does Paine refer to when commenting on the acts of Howe and Burgoyne?

5. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 305 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample