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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. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?
(a) Expected.
(b) Shocking.
(c) Uncontrollable.
(d) Limited.

2. According to Paine in the Preface, who was his audience for Rights of Man?
(a) The western world.
(b) The whole world.
(c) A small part of the world.
(d) Half the world.

3. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?
(a) Actions that hurt society.
(b) Actions that remove the government's authority.
(c) Actions that hurt society or the government.
(d) Actions that reduce the government.

4. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Fallacy.
(b) Scam.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Fraud.

5. Because of the American and French Revolutions, what was being undermined about the old governments in Paine's opinion?
(a) Control.
(b) Authority.
(c) History.
(d) Legitimacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paine's opinion of Burke's new work when he wrote Part Two of Rights of Man?

2. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?

3. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

4. In concluding Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what did Paine state was the basis for free governments?

5. Which articles of Observations on the Declarations of Rights outlined the principles on which the laws of France should be built?

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