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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. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?
(a) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.
(b) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.
(c) They could not be borrowed or transferred.
(d) They could not be transferred or annihilated.

2. According to Paine in Of Constitutions, how many representative bodies should a government have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

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 challenged by the people.
(b) It should be read by the people.
(c) It should be debated in succession.
(d) It should be approved by a majority.

5. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?
(a) War.
(b) Treason.
(c) Tyrrany.
(d) Embezzlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?

2. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?

3. How did Paine describe the society in small domains where government was necessary?

4. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?

5. As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place?

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