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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 does Paine describe Burke's descriptions of the French during the Revolution?
(a) Disturbing, vulgar, and predictable.
(b) Disturbing and vulgar.
(c) Vulgar and predictable.
(d) Disturbing and predictable.

2. Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published?
(a) Strasbourg.
(b) Paris.
(c) Grenoble.
(d) Bordeaux.

3. What does Paine attribute his literary career to?
(a) Only the revolution.
(b) The revolution, his dedication to independence, and the will of the American people.
(c) The revolution and his dedication to independence.
(d) Only his dedication to independence.

4. What is the English government's position on the French Revolution?
(a) Half of the English government supports it.
(b) The English government supports it.
(c) The English government does not support it.
(d) Almost all of the English government supports it.

5. How does Paine refer to himself, with regards to Howe?
(a) A friend and countryman.
(b) A friend and an enemy.
(c) A friend, enemy, and countryman.
(d) An enemy and countryman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Englishmen defend their king?

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

3. How does Paine describe tyranny?

4. What does Paine believe should never separate the elected from the electors?

5. How many days before the taking of the Bastille did Marquis de La Fayette make a speech?

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