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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. Which one of the following was not included by Paine in the list of things that commerce led to?
(a) Structure.
(b) Cordiality.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Peace.

2. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It defeated itself.
(b) It contradicted itself.
(c) It outsmarted itself.
(d) It diminished itself.

3. What did Paine say about the elderly in the workhouse in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) They were unemployed.
(b) They were exhausted.
(c) They were energized.
(d) They were underpaid.

4. What did Paine think should happen to every bill before it was voted on in a representative style of government?
(a) It should be read by the people.
(b) It should be debated in succession.
(c) It should be approved by a majority.
(d) It should be challenged by the people.

5. How many nations did Paine believe had the right to establish constitutions?
(a) Several of them.
(b) Most of them.
(c) Only a few of them.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Using his own life experiences as proof of his expertise, what did Paine think the young people of Europe needed?

2. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

3. According to Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what was the American Presidency originally built on?

4. How did Paine indicate the corporate charters destroy rights in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. What two things did Paine think were at the root of old governments in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

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