Rights of Man Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Rights of Man Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the American and French Revolutions, what was being undermined about the old governments in Paine's opinion?
(a) Control.
(b) Authority.
(c) Legitimacy.
(d) History.

2. What type of work was Rights of Man?
(a) A warning.
(b) A declaration.
(c) An invitation.
(d) A response.

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, property, security, wages and resistance.
(b) Liberty, property, security and resistance.
(c) Liberty, property, wages and security.
(d) Liberty, security, religion and resistance.

4. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?
(a) Clauses.
(b) Surveys.
(c) Hypothesis.
(d) Misinformation.

5. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It diminished itself.
(b) It defeated itself.
(c) It contradicted itself.
(d) It outsmarted itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

2. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

3. How many prefaces did the first part of Rights of Man have?

4. Which one of the following was not included in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?

5. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?

(see the answer key)

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