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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Controversial.

2. 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 or the government.
(c) Actions that remove the government's authority.
(d) Actions that hurt society.

3. What taxes did Paine think should be abolished in the British government?
(a) Houses, windows, and poor-rates.
(b) Windows and poor-rates, but not houses.
(c) Poor-rates, but not houses or windows.
(d) Houses and poor-rates, but not windows.

4. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?
(a) Past, dead documents of law.
(b) A new law that has never been passed.
(c) Current, irrelevant documents of law.
(d) An old law that has never been followed.

5. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?
(a) Taxation.
(b) Politics.
(c) Government.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?

2. How did Paine react to Burke's refusal to respond to Part One of Rights of Man?

3. What year did the constitutional convention take place?

4. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?

5. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

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