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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 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 Italian Wars.
(d) The English Civil War.

2. What did Paine say was crucial to a good constitution at the end of Of Constitutions?
(a) The power to revise it.
(b) The power to enforce it.
(c) The power to understand it.
(d) The power to believe in it.

3. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
(a) He was on the ground during the war.
(b) He researched the war from several different sources.
(c) He had seen previous wars.
(d) He got reports from generals in the war.

4. How did Paine describe America in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) A country of limitless progress.
(b) A country of rapid production.
(c) A country of limitless production.
(d) A country of rapid progress.

5. As he noted in the Preface, where did Paine desire to collect his political thoughts?
(a) In several places.
(b) In many places.
(c) In one place.
(d) In two places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea did Paine think the European government should be constructed on?

2. How did Paine react to Burke's refusal to respond to Part One of Rights of Man?

3. Why did Paine think that America was the only place in the world where Independence could be tried?

4. Building on the foundation of Part One, in what style was Part Two of Rights of Man written?

5. How did Paine think the national debt should be paid off in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

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