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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Power cannot be inherited.
(b) Power cannot be misguided.
(c) Power cannot be corrupt.
(d) Power cannot be given.

2. Which other war had Burke previously supported?
(a) Glorious Revolution.
(b) French and Indian War.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) Seven Years War.

3. How many prefaces did the first part of Rights of Man have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Right to bear arms.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Right to a fair trial.

5. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?
(a) Principles.
(b) Logic.
(c) Future examples.
(d) Previous examples.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?

2. What were Paine's thoughts about the idea of nations flourishing on commerce alone?

3. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

4. Using history to support his opinion, what did Paine find unsurprising about how governments began?

5. How did Paine characterize constitutions and governments in Of Constitutions?

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