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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 in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?
(a) The industry was extensive.
(b) The rich were not privileged.
(c) The taxes were low.
(d) The poor were not oppressed.

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

3. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
(a) The English Constitution was incomplete.
(b) The French Constitution was better.
(c) The English Constitution was not being applied.
(d) The French Constitution was more difficult to understand.

4. Which words did Paine use to depict the costs of the monarchy in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) Obscene and insane.
(b) Unqualified and unexplained.
(c) Obscene, unexplained and insane.
(d) Obscene and unqualified.

5. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They could not be altered.
(b) They could be altered.
(c) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(d) They should only be altered every two hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine describe the idea of bureaucrats managing trade properly?

2. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?

3. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?

4. Because the English government was undisciplined in Paine's opinion, what were they too preoccupied with?

5. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?

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