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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 the Quakers?
(a) Quiet but offensive.
(b) Quiet and inoffensive.
(c) Offensive and loud.
(d) Inoffensive but loud.

2. What does society promote?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Unity.
(d) Equality.

3. What does Paine believe would end government through hereditary?
(a) Having each king only serve for ten years.
(b) Having each king only serve for five years.
(c) Having each king elected.
(d) Having each king only serve two terms.

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

5. What does Paine believe should never separate the elected from the electors?
(a) Belief, but not action.
(b) Belief, action, or money.
(c) Belief or action.
(d) Action, but not belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Rights of Man considered?

2. How did Paine originally view Burke, before he denounced the French Revolution?

3. According to Paine, what should not be confused with religion?

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

5. How does Paine describe Burke's descriptions of the French during the Revolution?

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