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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. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Conditions.
(c) Limits.
(d) Rights.

2. How much of Burke's new work did Paine intend to discuss in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) Very little.
(b) An average amount.
(c) A lot.
(d) None.

3. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?
(a) The previous officials.
(b) Other governments.
(c) The community.
(d) The government.

4. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?
(a) Liberty, property, security and resistance.
(b) Liberty, security, religion and resistance.
(c) Liberty, property, security, wages and resistance.
(d) Liberty, property, wages and security.

5. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?
(a) Between the state and the religion.
(b) Between the state, the nation and the government.
(c) Between the nation and the government.
(d) Between the state and the nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?

2. According to Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what was the American Presidency originally built on?

3. In the Conclusion of Part One, how did Paine label the new era that was producing successful Republics?

4. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?

5. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?

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