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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause? (from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion)

Political instability.

Political, economic and international instability.

Economic and international instability.

Political and economic instability.

2.

Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter? (from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion)

Its limit.

Its origin.

Its relevance.

Its extent.

3.

After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book? (from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion)

Some miscellany.

All miscellany.

Half miscellany.

Mostly miscellany.

4.

As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on? (from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion)

Power.

Trade.

Wisdom.

Commerce.

5.

As Paine wrote in Part Two of Rights of Man, what did the American Revolution put into practice for the first time? (from Part the Second, Combining Principle of Practice, Preface and Introduction, Chapter 1, Of Society and Civilization, Chapter 2, Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments, Chapter 3, Of the Old and New Systems of Government)

Realistic theory.

Less government laws.

Democratic theory.

More government laws.

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