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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 government.

Other governments.

The community.

The previous officials.

2.

Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter? (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)

Scam.

Illusion.

Fallacy.

Fraud.

3.

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.

Slightly higher.

Much higher.

4.

As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place? (from Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations)

1692.

1690.

1686.

1688.

5.

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 exaggerated.

They were intentionally misleading.

They were fabricated.

They were in error.

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