Paine (1755) "The American Crisis" from HMH Collections 12
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Juan Morales
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English
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1st Grade - Professional Development
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1.
Multiple Choice
Paine calls the British claim of dominance “impious” (line 14) because he believes that the British
claim a right over people that only God can have.
want the colonists to pay church and stamp taxes.
think that God favors the British ruling the Americans.
hope to rule without the churches or the army.
2.
Multiple Choice
Paine says that if freedom comes too easily, people will
refuse to fight for it.
underestimate its value.
become overconfident.
seek power over others.
3.
Multiple Choice
Paine supports his main idea that Britain’s attempt to control America will fail by pointing out that
America has tried to avoid war and therefore has the support of God.
Britain has a government that is powerful enough to rule the world.
Americans have been made to fight for the British army.
Britain has helped the Native Americans ravage New Jersey.
4.
Multiple Choice
What detail supports Paine’s main idea that “Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America” (lines 47–48)?
Children in America should be spared from fighting in wars that affect the rest of the world.
The people in America should fight every day for freedom from Britain and encourage trade.
America can focus on trade because it is far from the rest of the world and its wars.
All of the counties in the nation will suffer if the fight for independence from Britain fails.
5.
Multiple Choice
What strong feeling does Paine try to bring out in his listeners with his appeal that “America will never be happy until she gets clear of foreign dominion” (lines 51–52)?
pity for foreigners
fear of other countries
enthusiasm for the cause
unhappiness about living in America
6.
Multiple Choice
Paine uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to association when he says that
people who understand the need for perseverance and fortitude face the prospect of glory.
God is waiting to bless the soldiers who are prepared to fight to the end of the war.
children will have to fight in wars because their parents refused to fight in their time.
loyalists throughout America want the independence movement to fail.
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