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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. Because the English government was undisciplined in Paine's opinion, what were they too preoccupied with?
(a) Maintaining the laws.
(b) Changing the laws.
(c) Taxation.
(d) Foreign affairs.

2. What did Paine say about the elderly in the workhouse in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) They were underpaid.
(b) They were unemployed.
(c) They were exhausted.
(d) They were energized.

3. What two things did Paine think were at the root of old governments in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) Power and self-promotiion.
(b) Greed and deception.
(c) Greed and delusion.
(d) Power and self-aggrandizement.

4. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?
(a) 1677.
(b) 1687.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1678.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine indicate the corporate charters destroy rights in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

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

3. Building on the foundation of Part One, in what style was Part Two of Rights of Man written?

4. As mentioned by Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, which type of monarchy did Abbe Sieyes prefer?

5. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?

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