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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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 fabricated.

They were intentionally misleading.

They were exaggerated.

They were in error.

2.

In proportion to the poor, what kind of taxes did Paine think the Peers should have paid? (from Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations)

Lower.

The same.

Much higher.

Slightly higher.

3.

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

Publications, but not pamphlets.

Pamphlets, but not publications.

Pamphlets and publications.

Neither pamphlets nor publications.

4.

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 government.

The community.

Other governments.

The previous officials.

5.

Who did Paine contend that a monarchy was maintained to amuse? (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)

The stupid.

The rich.

The poor.

The gullible.

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