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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the men in the American army fight Howe?
(a) They fought neither for an ideal nor property.
(b) They fought for an ideal and property.
(c) They fought for an ideal, not property.
(d) They fought for property, not an ideal.

2. What is the Rights of Man considered?
(a) An essay.
(b) A novel.
(c) A treatise.
(d) A speech.

3. How does Paine respond to the people who cannot follow his logic?
(a) He is angered.
(b) He is ambivalent.
(c) He is confused.
(d) He is shocked.

4. What does society promote?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Equality.
(c) Unity.
(d) Acceptance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the law invented that took the freedom away from the English subjects?

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

3. How does Paine describe society?

4. What saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?

5. What grows along with a society?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paine describes Benjamin Franklin's historical role in the French Constitution?

2. What is the difference between society and government?

3. What are the reasons Paine gives in support of America's Declaration of Independence?

4. What are the problems with using faith and religion for political purposes?

5. What does Paine think that America will gain by separating from England?

6. Why is there a need for regulations and government in general?

7. What is the view of Gideon that Paine uses as an example?

8. How does the government of England increase its revenue through its disagreements with other countries?

9. How does Paine recall the events surrounding George Washington's crossing of the Delaware?

10. How does Burke misrepresent Dr. Price's speech and what is Paine's response?

(see the answer keys)

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