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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express? (from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion)

The community.

The previous officials.

Other governments.

The government.

2.

What forms of objection were there to the Articles of Confederation? (from Of Constitutions)

Neither pamphlets nor publications.

Pamphlets and publications.

Publications, but not pamphlets.

Pamphlets, but not publications.

3.

By writing Part Two of Rights of Man, what was Paine aiming to reveal about the claims of government to produce order? (from Part the Second, Combining Principle of Practice, Preface and Introduction, Chapter 1, Of Society and Civilization, Chapter 2, Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments, Chapter 3, Of the Old and New Systems of Government)

They were in error.

They were exaggerated.

They were fabricated.

They were intentionally misleading.

4.

In Paine's opinion, what did the power of the Peers represent? (from Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations)

Financial devastation.

Political inequality.

Financial ignorance.

Political corruption.

5.

What did Paine say made actions right or wrong with Burke's flawed line of thinking? (from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion)

Speculation.

Stipulation.

The past.

The future.

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