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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. How many questions does Paine address in his final letter to the people of England?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

2. When did the English Revolution take place?
(a) 1678.
(b) 1688.
(c) 1697.
(d) 1698.

3. According to Paine, what does Burke lack?
(a) An understanding of liberty.
(b) An understanding of government.
(c) An understanding of history.
(d) An understanding of economics.

4. How many days before the taking of the Bastille did Marquis de La Fayette make a speech?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. What does Paine use examples from scripture to explain?
(a) How, but not why kings became prominent.
(b) How and why kings became prominent.
(c) How, why, and when kings became prominent.
(d) Why, but not how or when kings became prominent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the questions about in Paine's last letter to the people of England?

2. What types of goals should the members of the elected have?

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

4. How many years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?

5. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?

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