Rights of Man Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Rights of Man Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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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. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?
(a) Political and economic instability.
(b) Economic and international instability.
(c) Political, economic and international instability.
(d) Political instability.

2. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?
(a) Intent.
(b) Validity.
(c) Honor.
(d) Support.

3. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?
(a) Liberty, security, religion and resistance.
(b) Liberty, property, wages and security.
(c) Liberty, property, security and resistance.
(d) Liberty, property, security, wages and resistance.

4. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?
(a) How it would have been structured without the Revolution.
(b) How it was structured before the Revolution.
(c) How it was structured after the Revolution.
(d) How its structure remained intact after the Revolution.

5. What did Paine do to help the cause being fought for in the American Revolution?
(a) He made a political case for it and planned its strategy.
(b) He made a political case for it and supported the troops.
(c) He made an ethical case for it, planned its strategy, and supported the troops.
(d) He supported the troops and planned the war's strategy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?

2. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?

3. What were the new principles of government that Paine wrote about in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

4. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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

(see the answer key)

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