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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place? (from Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations)

1690.

1686.

1692.

1688.

2.

Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward? (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)

Reciprocal laws.

Varied laws.

Varied interests.

Reciprocal interests.

3.

Where was the constitutional convention held? (from Of Constitutions)

Washington.

Philadelphia.

New York.

Jamestown.

4.

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)

Decay and chaos.

Decay and oppression.

Chaos and oppression.

Decay, chaos and oppression.

5.

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.

All miscellany.

Half miscellany.

Some miscellany.

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