Question

On page 8, Paine writes, "For the fate of Charles the first, hath made kings more
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--not more just.

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2

Multiple Choice
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What is a felo de se? (7)


a type of king


a type of parliament


a type of government


an act of deliberate self-destruction

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3

True or False
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True or False?

Paine believes the three powers of the English constitution are reciprocally checking each other. (6)


True

False
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4

Ordering
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List what Paine calls the "component parts of the English constitution" (6).

Top label: FirstFirst



Bottom label: LastLast
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5

Multiple Choice
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What is an advantage to absolute government? (5)


they are absolute


they are corrupt


they are good


they are simple

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6

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On page 5, Paine writes: "I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more
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anything is, the less liable it is to be disordered.

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7

Fill in the Blank
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Paine says, on page 5, that government is necessary by the inability of
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to govern the world;

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Multiple Choice
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Answer 1

Here are the answers:

1. cautious (or "more cautious, not more just")
2. an act of deliberate self-destruction (suicide)
3. False
4. King; Lords; Commons (monarchy, the peers, and the commons)
5. they are simple
6. simple
7. mankind