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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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.

Slightly higher.

The same.

Lower.

2.

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.

Other governments.

The previous officials.

The government.

3.

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 rich.

The stupid.

The poor.

The gullible.

4.

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)

The future.

The past.

Stipulation.

Speculation.

5.

As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on? (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)

Power.

Trade.

Wisdom.

Commerce.

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