Rights of Man Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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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. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He was waiting for another war.
(b) He would be opposed to another war.
(c) He was tired of war.
(d) He was no friend of war.

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?
(a) They could not be transferred or annihilated.
(b) They could not be borrowed or transferred.
(c) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.
(d) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.

3. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?
(a) War.
(b) Taxation.
(c) Government.
(d) Politics.

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

5. In the Preface of Rights of Man, who did Paine think should go directly to the people?
(a) Friends of Justice.
(b) Defenders of Justice.
(c) Friends of Liberty.
(d) Defenders of Liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

2. Which articles of Observations on the Declarations of Rights outlined the principles on which the laws of France should be built?

3. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

4. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?

5. 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?

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