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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?
(a) Remorseful.
(b) Appauled.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Confused.

2. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?
(a) To reinvent natural rights.
(b) To protect natural rights.
(c) To reinforce natural rights.
(d) To promote what natural rights cannot.

3. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To correct Burke's factual errors.
(b) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(c) To address the people that agreed with Burke.
(d) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.

4. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?
(a) Rude.
(b) Violent.
(c) Inexusable.
(d) Obnoxious.

5. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They happened in the same place.
(b) They happened at the same time.
(c) They were both fought for similar reasons.
(d) They both lasted for the same amount of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?

2. According to Paine in the Preface, who was his audience for Rights of Man?

3. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?

4. As commented on by Paine, how did Burke refer to the events concerning the Bastille?

5. What type of work was Rights of Man?

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