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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?
(a) Past, dead documents of law.
(b) Current, irrelevant documents of law.
(c) An old law that has never been followed.
(d) A new law that has never been passed.
2. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?
(a) Misinformation.
(b) Hypothesis.
(c) Surveys.
(d) Clauses.
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 extent.
(c) Its limit.
(d) Its origin.
4. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?
(a) The English.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The French.
(d) The Italians.
5. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?
(a) The U.S. had the ability to reverse the effects of a monarchy.
(b) The U.S. was the only example of an overthrown monarchy.
(c) The U.S. will never resort to a monarchy.
(d) The U.S. was prospering without a monarchy.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
2. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?
3. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
4. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?
5. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?
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