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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book? (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)

Mostly miscellany.

Half miscellany.

All miscellany.

Some miscellany.

2.

How did Paine describe the picture of corporate towns in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe? (from Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations)

Chaos and oppression.

Decay and oppression.

Decay, chaos and oppression.

Decay and chaos.

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)

The same.

Slightly higher.

Much higher.

Lower.

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.

Other governments.

The previous officials.

The community.

5.

As Paine wrote in Part Two of Rights of Man, what did the American Revolution put into practice for the first time? (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)

Democratic theory.

Less government laws.

More government laws.

Realistic theory.

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