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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. What does Paine consider the government to be?
(a) A necessary evil.
(b) An unnecessary evil.
(c) An unnecessary problem.
(d) A necessary problem.

2. What is the result of using faith for political reasons?
(a) It undermines the right to practice religion freely.
(b) It undermines all religions.
(c) It undermines only the religion involved.
(d) It undermines the religions that are not involved.

3. What does Paine think about the idea of being a king through heredity?
(a) He thinks it is reasonable and unflawed.
(b) He thinks it is unnatural, but not absurd.
(c) He thinks it is absurd and unnatural.
(d) He thinks it is flawed, but not unreasonable.

4. Which years of the American Revolution did America have no government?
(a) The first two.
(b) The last two.
(c) The first three.
(d) The last three.

5. What do the English people indicate with their silence?
(a) Their inability to change the laws.
(b) Their inability to understand the laws.
(c) Their objection to the laws.
(d) Their acceptance of the laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Washington compensated for his time as the first president?

2. How does Burke describe Louis XVI?

3. What are the rumors about the reason behind Burke's pamphlet?

4. What is the famous quote by Paine that starts the section, The Crisis?

5. Which religious group of people does Paine think are persecuted?

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