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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 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.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

2. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?
(a) Educational.
(b) Popular.
(c) Provoking.
(d) Traditional.

3. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Its relevance.
(b) Its origin.
(c) Its extent.
(d) Its limit.

4. What was Paine's opinion of Burke's new work when he wrote Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) He thought it was worse than before.
(b) He did not read it.
(c) He did not think much of it.
(d) He thought is was a slight improvement.

5. Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward?
(a) Varied interests.
(b) Reciprocal interests.
(c) Varied laws.
(d) Reciprocal laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

2. What impressed Paine about the National Assembly in Rights of Man?

3. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?

4. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

5. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

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