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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rights of Man, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paine believe would end government through hereditary?
(a) Having each king only serve two terms.
(b) Having each king elected.
(c) Having each king only serve for five years.
(d) Having each king only serve for ten years.

2. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?
(a) With two co-writers.
(b) With a co-writer.
(c) Anonymously.
(d) With a ghost writer.

3. Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bordeaux.
(c) Grenoble.
(d) Strasbourg.

4. What does Burke continue to perpetuate with his actions?
(a) A false sense of security for the nations.
(b) Animosity between the nations.
(c) France's decreased status in the world.
(d) England's decreased status in the world.

5. What does Paine think about the idea of being a king through heredity?
(a) He thinks it is unnatural, but not absurd.
(b) He thinks it is reasonable and unflawed.
(c) He thinks it is flawed, but not unreasonable.
(d) He thinks it is absurd and unnatural.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom was the Rights of Man presented to?

2. Why does the monarchy no longer work in Paine's opinion?

3. In an ideal world, who would make decisions regarding regulations?

4. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?

5. According to Paine, what is the difference between society and government?

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