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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?
(a) With two co-writers.
(b) With a co-writer.
(c) Anonymously.
(d) With a ghost writer.

2. Why do Englishmen defend their king?
(a) Out of neither reason nor national pride.
(b) Out of both reason and national pride.
(c) Out of national pride, rather than reason.
(d) Out of reason, rather than national pride.

3. What does Burke continue to perpetuate with his actions?
(a) England's decreased status in the world.
(b) Animosity between the nations.
(c) France's decreased status in the world.
(d) A false sense of security for the nations.

4. What will the first twenty years of American independence not predict, according to Paine?
(a) The next fifteen years.
(b) The next five years.
(c) The next twenty years.
(d) The next ten years.

5. What does Paine believe each generation should have?
(a) Its own ideals, values, and choices in government.
(b) Its own ideals, but the values of the preceding government.
(c) The ideals and values of the preceding government.
(d) Its own values, but the ideals of the preceding government.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age can a monarch be appointed in Britain?

2. How does Paine respond to the people who cannot follow his logic?

3. What concerns Paine about how Burke's pamphlet is published?

4. How does Burke describe Louis XVI?

5. What area do Paine and the Marquis differ on?

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