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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 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.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?
(a) Universal war, commerce, and governmental politics.
(b) Reason, universal peace, and commerce.
(c) Reason, universal peace, and governmental politics.
(d) Reason, commerce, and universal war.

2. As mentioned by Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, which type of monarchy did Abbe Sieyes prefer?
(a) Selective.
(b) Hereditary.
(c) Generational.
(d) Elective.

3. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?
(a) Actions that reduce the government.
(b) Actions that hurt society.
(c) Actions that hurt society or the government.
(d) Actions that remove the government's authority.

4. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
(a) He researched the war from several different sources.
(b) He got reports from generals in the war.
(c) He had seen previous wars.
(d) He was on the ground during the war.

5. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?
(a) Shocking.
(b) Limited.
(c) Uncontrollable.
(d) Expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

2. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?

3. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

4. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?

5. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?

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