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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 and predictable.
(b) Disturbing and vulgar.
(c) Disturbing, vulgar, and predictable.
(d) Vulgar and predictable.

2. What saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?
(a) They involve Britain.
(b) They involve Greece and Rome.
(c) They involve Britain, Greece, Rome, France, and Spain.
(d) They involve France and Spain.

3. What does Paine wish America could have used against the British?
(a) The heat of summer.
(b) The use of inside information.
(c) The harshness of winter.
(d) The element of surprise.

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

5. According to British law, how long do the children of the king have the right to rule over every common person?
(a) Only for the first generation.
(b) Only up until the second generation.
(c) Only up until the third generation.
(d) As long as the government reigns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Paine consider the government to be?

3. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?

4. How long does Burke think English subjects should serve in the Parliament?

5. When did the English Revolution take place?

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