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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. According to the French Constitution that Paine referred to, how often must the National Assembly be elected?
(a) Every three years.
(b) Every four years.
(c) Every two years.
(d) Every year.

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?
(a) Its extent.
(b) Its relevance.
(c) Its origin.
(d) Its limit.

3. Using history to support his opinion, what did Paine find unsurprising about how governments began?
(a) They began in chaos.
(b) They began as murderers.
(c) They began as robbers.
(d) They began in ignorance.

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

5. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?
(a) Provoking.
(b) Educational.
(c) Traditional.
(d) Popular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?

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

3. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?

4. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?

5. Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward?

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