•
____ Paine argues that the best way to defeat
the British is for
A. each state to fight independently as the British
approach
B. the states to persuade the American Indians to join
the revolution
C. the states to train their militias in guerrilla tactics
D.the troops of all the states to join together in
the fight
d
•
____ Paine suggests that a state that
surrenders its arms to the British would
have to
A.
B.
C.
D.
D
create its own government
face destruction by the British troops
send its own ambassadors to Britain
suffer the hostility of the other states
•
____ Paine contends that the Tories are
A. committing treason by spying on their
neighbors
B. enjoying greater wealth than the average
American
C. possibly aiding and encouraging the British
army
D. preparing to leave America to return to
Britain
A
•
____ By comparing the British king to a thief
and a housebreaker, Paine suggests that
A. Britain has robbed America of its natural resources
B. British soldiers are launching sneak attacks against
the colonists
C. The British are trying to take what is not theirs
D. The king is in dire need of money for his treasury
C
•
____ In his conclusion, Paine intends to inspire
readers by
A.
B.
C.
D.
d
describing in detail the battle of Princeton
explaining why General Howe will succeed
pointing out the strengths of the colonial army
recounting all of the wrongs the colonists have
suffered
•
____ Which mode of persuasion is used
in Paine’s line, “Tyranny, like hell, is not
easily conquered”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
simile
anecdote
logic
Personification
•
____ When Paine writes, “The heart that feels
not now, is dead: The blood of his children will
curse his cowardice, who shrinks back in time
when a little might have saved the whole,” he
is using
A.
B.
C.
D.
C
a family-based theme
allusions to emphasize his points
dramatic imagery
plain, ordinary language to present his thoughts
•
____ Which of the following is not an example
of Paine’s use of plain language?
A. “…I turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those
who have nobly stod, and are yet determined to
stand the matter out…”
B. “A single successful battle next year will settle the
whole.”
C. “I thank God that I fear not, I see no real cause for
fear.”
D. “My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight
and clear as a ray of light.”
D
•
____ In the first Crisis paper, Paine
compares the British to
A.
B.
C.
D.
B
atheists
devils
murdering thieves
pompous fools
•
____ Paine wrote The Crisis, No. 1 for
A.
B.
C.
D.
D
General Washington’s staff
leaders of the thirteen colonies
members of the British Parliament
soldiers in the American army
•
____ Both Paine and Henry felt that the
British were treating the colonists as
A.
B.
C.
D.
C
cowards
criminals
slaves
Villains
•
____ Paine, like Henry, believed that
revolution was
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
inevitable
tragic
unlikely
Unnecessary
•
____ The first two sentences of the
passage are an appeal to
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
courage and patriotism
honor and dignity
religious piety
sentimental emotions
•
Paine’s main purpose in The Crises, No.
1 is to
A.
B.
C.
D.
D
describe the current status of the war
list the misdeeds of King George
plead for lower taxes
urge Americans to greater action
•
____ Who does Paine believe is
responsible for the British attacks on
New Jersey and other middle states?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
cowardly colonists
Hessian soldiers
the militia
the new colonial army
•
____ When Paine speaks of the
“summer soldier and the sunshine
patriot,” to whom is referring?
A.
B.
C.
D.
B
confident and optimistic Tories
people who are unwilling to make sacrifices
soldiers who will fight only in good weather
volunteers fighting in the summer campaign
•
____ Why does Paine believe that God will
support the colonists in a war against the
British?
A. More religious people live in the colonies than in
England.
B. The British king is a murderer
C. The colonists tried repeatedly to avoid a war.
D. The English butchered the French in an earlier war.
C
•
____ Henry points out a contradiction between
British
A. claims of peaceful intent and their growing military
presence in America
B. democratic tradition and the institution of royalty
C. interest in the Colonies and neglect of the colonists’
needs
d. settlement of America and maintenance of
their government in Britain
A
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
19._____Henry recounts several instances in which the
colonists sought agreement and acceptable terms with
the British. He does this to persuade the delegates that
all peaceful options have been tried and have failed
it is treason to seek peace with the British
the British army is weak and can be easily defeated
the colonists have behaved in cowardly way
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
D
._____Henry states that the colonists
have the advantage over the British of
a greater number of people
a more rigorously trained army
knowledge of the terrain
moral correctness and conviction
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
C
___Henry advocates immediate action by the
colonists because
the British army is preparing to march into
Virginia
the colonists will become apathetic with time
the conflict has already begun and the colonists
have no other choice but to fight
the king is too far away to order a quick
response
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
C
22._____When Henry declares, “I know of no way of
judging of the future but by the past. And judging by
the past, I wish to know what there has been in the
conduct of the British ministry…to justify those hopes
with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace
themselves…” he is using:
deceptive language to confuse his listeners
images that his listeners may not understand
logic to engage his listeners’ attention
parallel structures to clarify his intentions
• .____The main purpose of Patrick Henry’s speech is to
A. convince the delegates that he should be chosen to
lead the revolution
B. describe the history of British colonization in America
C. persuade his fellow delegates to fight against the
British rule
D. seek revenge for personal injuries committed by the
British king
C
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
D
24.____Which of the following is BEST example of
persuasion through an emotional appeal?
“I know of no way of judging of the future but by the
past.”
“Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the
illusions of hope.”
“Sir, we have done everything that could be done.”
“There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery!
Our chains are forged!”
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
B
25.____Which of the following of the BEST example of persuasion
through an appeal to reason?
“An appeal to arms and the God of Hosts is all that is left us!”
“Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of
war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort.”
“The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the
north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!”
“They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which
the British ministry have been so long forgiving.”
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
D
26.____Henry’s speech to the Virginia
Convention helped inspire people to
attend church services
explore the new continent
obey the Stamp Act
rebel against England
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
C
27.____What does Henry believe will happen
in a war between England and the colonies?
European nations will step in to settle
differences.
The colonists cannot win but must not die in
slavery.
The colonists will triumph in spite of England’s
might.
The fighting will continue for decades.
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
C
28.____In previous attempts to assert
their rights, the colonists were
half-hearted
ill-prepared
rejected
Successful
29.____Which method of writing does
Henry’s speech represent?
• description
• exposition
• narration
• Persuasion
D
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
30.____The reference to the song of the
siren in the second paragraph is used as
a metaphor for
falsehood
honesty
vanity
Violence
• 51. Shall we gather strength by
irresolution and inaction? Shall hope, until
our enemies shall have us bound hand
and foot?” we acquire the means of
effectual resistance, by lying supinely on
our backs, and hugging the delusive
phantom of hope
• LOGICAL
• 52. For my own part, I consider it as
nothing less than a question of freedom or
slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude
of the subject ought to be the freedom of
the debate
• EMOTIONAL
• 53. Are we disposed to be of the number
of those who, having eyes, see not, and,
having ears, hear not, the things which so
nearly concern their temporal salvation?
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it
may cost, …”
• LOGICAL
• 54. I know of no way of judging of the
future but by the past. And judging by the
past, I wish to know what there has been
in the conduct of the British ministry for the
last ten years to justify those hopes with
which gentlemen have been pleased to
solace themselves and the House.
• LOGICAL
• 55. Ask yourselves how this gracious
reception of our petition comports with
those warlike preparations which cover our
waters and darken our land. Are fleets and
armies necessary to a work of love and
reconciliation?
• LOGICAL
• 56. Has Great Britain any enemy, in this
quarter of the world, to call for all this
accumulation of navies and armies? No,
sir, she has none. They are meant for us:
they can be meant for no other.
• LOGICAL
• 57. They are sent over to bind and rivet
upon us those chains which the British
ministry have been so long forging.
• EMOTIONAL
• 58. Sir, we have done everything that
could be done to avert the storm which is
now coming on. We have petitioned; we
have remonstrated; we have supplicated;
we have prostrated ourselves before the
throne, …
• LOGICAL
• 59. An appeal to arms and to the God of
hosts is all that is left us!
• EMOTIONAL
• 60. There is no retreat but in submission
and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their
clanking may be heard on the plains of
Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it
come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
• EMOTIONAL
• 61. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as
to be purchased at the price of chains and
slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know
not what course others may take; but as
for me, give me liberty or give me death!
• EMOTIONAL
• 62. But when shall we be stronger? Will it
be the next week, or the next year? Will it
be when we are totally disarmed, and
when a British guard shall be stationed in
every house? Shall we gather strength by
irresolution and inaction?
• LOGICAL
• 63. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our
battles alone. There is a just God who
presides over the destinies of nations, and
who will raise up friends to fight our battles
for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong
alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the
brave.
• EMOTIONAL
•
•
Britain, with an army to enforce her
tyranny, has declared that she has a right
(not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL
CASES WHATSOEVER
EMOTIONAL
• and if being bound in that manner, is not
slavery, then is there not such a thing as
slavery upon earth. Even the expression is
impious; for so unlimited a power can
belong only to God.
• EMOTIONAL
• However, the fault, if it were one, was all
our own*; we have none to blame but
ourselves.
• LOGICAL
• I have as little superstition in me as any man
living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and
still is, that God Almighty will not give up a
people to military destruction, or leave them
unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly
and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities
of war, by every decent method which wisdom
could invent
• EMOTIONAL
• …and I am as confident, as I am that God
governs the world, that America will never
be happy till she gets clear of foreign
dominion
• EMOTIONAL
• Wars, without ceasing, will break out till
that period arrives, and the continent must
in the end be conqueror; for though the
flame of liberty may sometimes cease to
shine, the coal can never expire.
• EMOTIONAL
• America did not, nor does not want force;
but she wanted a proper application of that
force.
• LOGICAL
• A summer's experience has now taught us
better; yet with those troops, while they
were collected, we were able to set
bounds to the progress of the enemy, and,
thank God! they are again assembling.
• logical
• Howe is mercifully inviting you to
barbarous destruction, and men must be
either rogues or fools that will not see it. I
dwell not upon the vapors of imagination; I
bring reason to your ears, and, in
language as plain as A, B, C, hold up truth
to your eyes.
• LOGICAL
• My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight
and clear as a ray of light. Not all the treasures
of the world, so far as I believe, could have
induced me to support an offensive war, for I
think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my
house, burns and destroys my property, and kills
or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and
to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his
absolute will, am I to suffer it?
• EMOTIONAL
• Howe, it is probable, will make an attempt on
this city [Philadelphia]; should he fail on this side
the Delaware, he is ruined. If he succeeds, our
cause is not ruined. He stakes all on his side
against a part on ours; admitting he succeeds,
the consequence will be, that armies from both
ends of the continent will march to assist their
suffering friends in the middle states; for he
cannot go everywhere, it is impossible. I
consider Howe as the greatest enemy the Tories
have; he is bringing a war into their country, …
• LOGICAL
• Yet it is folly to argue against determined
hardness; eloquence may strike the ear,
and the language of sorrow draw forth the
tear of compassion, but nothing can reach
the heart that is steeled with prejudice.
• EMOTIONAL
• The heart that feels not now is dead; the
blood of his children will curse his
cowardice, who shrinks back at a time
when a little might have saved the whole,
and made them happy.
• EMOTIONAL
• I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the
misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my
soul by swearing allegiance to one whose
character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn,
worthless, brutish man. I conceive likewise a
horrid idea in receiving mercy from a being, who
at the last day shall be shrieking to the rocks and
mountains to cover him, and fleeing with terror
from the orphan, the widow, and the slain of
America.
• EMOTIONAL
• Were the back counties to give up their arms,
they would fall an easy prey to the Indians, who
are all armed: this perhaps is what some Tories
would not be sorry for. Were the home counties
to deliver up their arms, they would be exposed
to the resentment of the back counties who
would then have it in their power to chastise their
defection at pleasure.
• LOGICAL
• Twice we marched back to meet the enemy, and
remained out till dark. The sign of fear was not
seen in our camp, and had not some of the
cowardly and disaffected inhabitants spread
false alarms through the country, the Jerseys
had never been ravaged. Once more we are
again collected and collecting; our new army at
both ends of the continent is recruiting fast, and
we shall be able to open the next campaign with
sixty thousand men, well armed and clothed.
• LOGICAL
• By perseverance and fortitude we have the
prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and
submission, the sad choice of a variety of evilsa ravaged country- a depopulated cityhabitations without safety, and slavery without
hope- our homes turned into barracks and
bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to
provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of.
Look on this picture and weep over it! and if
there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who
believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented.
• EMOTIONAL
RHETORIC
• 31.…and truth to the song of siren till she
transforms us into beasts. (2)
• ALLUSION
• “Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with
a kiss”(3).
• ALLUSION
• “Sir, we have done everything that could
be done to avert the storm which is now
coming on”(3).
• METAPHOR
• We have petitioned; we have
remonstrated; we have supplicated; we
have prostrated ourselves to the throne, …
• PARALLELISM
• .“Our petitions have been slighted, our
remonstrations have produced…, our
supplications have been disregarded;”(3)
• PARALLELISM
• .“We must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must
fight”(3)
• REPETITION
• and let it come! I repeat it sir, let it
come”(4)
• REPETITION
• Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
• SIMILE
• I cannot see on what grounds the king of
Britain can look up to heaven for help
against us: a common murderer, a
highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as
good a pretence as he.
• METAPHOR
• My own line of reasoning is to myself as
straight and clear as a ray of light.
• SIMILE
• but I should suffer the misery of devils,
were I to make a whore of my soul by
swearing allegiance
• METAPHOR
• The ministry recommended the same plan
to Gage, and this is what the tories call
making their peace, "a peace which
passeth all understanding" indeed!
• ALLUSION
• Mutual fear is the principal link in the chain
of mutual love, and woe be to that state
that breaks the compact
• METAPHOR
• Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what
course others may take; but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death!
• ANTHITHESIS
• But when shall we be stronger? Will it be
the next week, or the next year?
• RHETORICAL QUESTION