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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gideon deny?
(a) The benefits of being a leader.
(b) The role of leader.
(c) The drawbacks of being a leader.
(d) The idea of being given the role of leader.

2. How did Paine originally view Burke, before he denounced the French Revolution?
(a) As a possible ally.
(b) As a possible threat.
(c) As an ally.
(d) As an enemy.

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

4. Which country has England chosen as its new foe when Paine writes the Rights of Man?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Paine state that America took up arms against England?

3. How does Paine refer to himself, with regards to Howe?

4. For what does Paine compliment Washington?

5. How does Paine describe Burke's analysis of France?

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