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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. What two things did Paine think were at the root of old governments in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) Greed and delusion.
(b) Power and self-promotiion.
(c) Power and self-aggrandizement.
(d) Greed and deception.

2. Which effect did Paine think domestic trade had on foreign trade?
(a) If one was good, the other was too.
(b) Neither of them were connected.
(c) If one was good, the other could not be.
(d) If one was the good, the other was not necessarily good too.

3. What did Paine think the English's reliance on law by precedence led to?
(a) Distrust of the law.
(b) Ignorance of the law.
(c) Confusion of the law.
(d) Abolishment of the law.

4. Which part of the English Constitution did Paine cite as a significant achievement?
(a) Charter of Liberties.
(b) Bill of Rights.
(c) Petition of Right.
(d) Magna Carta.

5. Where was the constitutional convention held?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it about George Washington, the first American President, that Paine thought put all of the kings to shame?

2. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?

3. In Paine's opinion, what did the power of the Peers represent?

4. How did Paine indicate the corporate charters destroy rights in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. Who did Paine contend that a monarchy was maintained to amuse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What description of early America did Paine provide in order to prove how a society could maintain itself without government?

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

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

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. What was Paine's opinion of George Washington?

6. How did Paine describe the elderly and the children in Europe?

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

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

9. How did Paine compare the American Constitution with the constitution of England in Of Constitutions?

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

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