Thomas Paine's The Crisis
According to Paine, what gives something its value? - correct answer
✔dearness
From whom is Paine seeking help? - correct answer ✔all the states of the
colonies, everyone
What are the three qualities of people who pursue their principles? - correct
answer ✔1. man that could smile in trouble (produce brave hearts)
2. dear conscience
3. who will pursue their principles unto death
When is war justified, according to Paine? - correct answer ✔when its
defensive
What are "summer soldiers" and "sunshine patriots"? - correct answer
✔cowards, say it in title but flee when real war, only fight if winning
"Heaven knows how to put a proper price . . . only to God." - correct answer
✔Britain is trying to bind them but only God can do that; Britain is trying to be
God
"What we attain to cheap we esteem to lightly: it is dearness only that gives
everything its value." - correct answer ✔the harder we fight, the more we will
appreciate it
According to Paine, what gives something its value? - correct answer
✔dearness
From whom is Paine seeking help? - correct answer ✔all the states of the
colonies, everyone
What are the three qualities of people who pursue their principles? - correct
answer ✔1. man that could smile in trouble (produce brave hearts)
2. dear conscience
3. who will pursue their principles unto death
When is war justified, according to Paine? - correct answer ✔when its
defensive
What are "summer soldiers" and "sunshine patriots"? - correct answer
✔cowards, say it in title but flee when real war, only fight if winning
"Heaven knows how to put a proper price . . . only to God." - correct answer
✔Britain is trying to bind them but only God can do that; Britain is trying to be
God
"What we attain to cheap we esteem to lightly: it is dearness only that gives
everything its value." - correct answer ✔the harder we fight, the more we will
appreciate it
