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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 years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?
(a) The last three.
(b) The first four.
(c) The first three.
(d) The last four.

2. What do the English people indicate with their silence?
(a) Their acceptance of the laws.
(b) Their objection to the laws.
(c) Their inability to understand the laws.
(d) Their inability to change the laws.

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

4. Why does the monarchy no longer work in Paine's opinion?
(a) Because the king is not far enough away from the people.
(b) Because the king has stopped listening to the people.
(c) Because the king has stopped talking to the people.
(d) Because the king is too far away from the people.

5. Why does Paine think the British are incapable of ruling America justly?
(a) They are too weak.
(b) They are too powerful.
(c) They are not economically sound.
(d) They are too jealous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Paine respond to the people who cannot follow his logic?

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

4. From where was English rule founded?

5. According to Paine, what does Burke lack?

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