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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. In Paine's opinion, what did the power of the Peers represent?
(a) Financial devastation.
(b) Political inequality.
(c) Political corruption.
(d) Financial ignorance.

2. How did Paine react to Burke's refusal to respond to Part One of Rights of Man?
(a) He found it cowardly.
(b) He found it surprising.
(c) He found it frustrating.
(d) He found it inexusable.

3. What was Paine's opinion of Burke's new work when he wrote Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) He thought is was a slight improvement.
(b) He did not read it.
(c) He thought it was worse than before.
(d) He did not think much of it.

4. How did Paine refer to tax revenue in the European governments?
(a) Very little of it was being wasted.
(b) So much of it was being wasted.
(c) Not enough of it was being generated.
(d) None of it was being wasted.

5. By writing Part Two of Rights of Man, what was Paine aiming to reveal about the claims of government to produce order?
(a) They were in error.
(b) They were intentionally misleading.
(c) They were exaggerated.
(d) They were fabricated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed?

2. What type of taxes did the Peers pay?

3. Which effect did Paine think domestic trade had on foreign trade?

4. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

5. How did Paine think the national debt should be paid off in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

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