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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. Who did Paine contend that a monarchy was maintained to amuse?
(a) The stupid.
(b) The poor.
(c) The rich.
(d) The gullible.

2. As Paine wrote, what kind of impact would the French Revolution have?
(a) Neither an impact on France nor other countries.
(b) Only an impact on other countries.
(c) Only an impact on France.
(d) An impact on France and other countries.

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

4. Which event did Paine refer to in Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments as he discussed the formation of the English government?
(a) The Hundred Years' War.
(b) The Norman Conquest.
(c) The English Civil War.
(d) The Italian Wars.

5. What type of ignorance did Paine think the monarchy acted in when using its arbitrary power?
(a) Selective.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Random.
(d) Superstitious.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

4. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?

5. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?

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