Rights of Man Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause? (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)

Political and economic instability.

Economic and international instability.

Political instability.

Political, economic and international instability.

2.

What type of trade did Paine think would destroy war in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe? (from Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations)

Complex.

Universal.

Basic.

National.

3.

What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed? (from Of Constitutions)

A sense of goodness.

A sense of cohesiveness.

A sense of power.

A sense of completion.

4.

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)

Much higher.

Lower.

The same.

Slightly higher.

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 gullible.

The stupid.

The rich.

The poor.

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