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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 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.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?
(a) The right to frame a government for themselves.
(b) The right to choose their own governors.
(c) The right to cashier governors for misconduct.
(d) The right to claim a government funded security bond.

2. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?
(a) Property could not be seized.
(b) Incomes could not be taxed.
(c) Money could not be used.
(d) War could not be declared.

3. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?
(a) To include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.
(b) To act as a reference for previous parts of the book.
(c) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.
(d) To guide the previous parts of the book.

4. As mentioned by Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, which type of monarchy did Abbe Sieyes prefer?
(a) Hereditary.
(b) Generational.
(c) Selective.
(d) Elective.

5. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
(a) General.
(b) Extended.
(c) Limited.
(d) Illustrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?

2. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?

3. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?

4. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?

5. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

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