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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. Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward?
(a) Varied interests.
(b) Varied laws.
(c) Reciprocal interests.
(d) Reciprocal laws.

2. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?
(a) Equality and commerce.
(b) Liberty and equality.
(c) Liberty, equality, and commerce.
(d) Liberty and freedom of religion.

3. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?
(a) Trade.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Power.

4. 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 limit.
(b) Its relevance.
(c) Its origin.
(d) Its extent.

5. Where was the constitutional convention held?
(a) Washington.
(b) New York.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine urge the people of Europe to believe in?

2. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?

3. How did Paine describe the laws protecting the aristocracy in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

4. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?

5. How did Paine think the English people viewed the French Revolution?

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