In The American Crisis, Paine asserts that times of adversity reveal the true nature of people.

Which details from the text help convey this idea?

Select the two correct answers.


“They sift out the hidden thoughts of man, and hold them up in public to the world.”

“It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.”

“But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light…”

“I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the Tories…”