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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which one of the following is not included in the natural rights Paine believes should be retained by people after they are born?
(a) The right to practice religion.
(b) The right to stand up for a cause.
(c) The right to procure happiness.
(d) The right to be provided for.

3. What grows along with a society?
(a) A need for less taxation.
(b) A need for more taxation.
(c) A need for more regulations.
(d) A need for fewer regulations.

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

5. What do the English people indicate with their silence?
(a) Their inability to change the laws.
(b) Their inability to understand the laws.
(c) Their acceptance of the laws.
(d) Their objection to the laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rumors about the reason behind Burke's pamphlet?

2. At what age can a monarch be appointed in Britain?

3. How does Paine describe the Quakers?

4. When was the law invented that took the freedom away from the English subjects?

5. What season does Paine use in the metaphor that ends the second part of the Rights of Man?

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