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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rights of Man, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rebuttals did Burke make to Paine's Rights of Man?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

2. Which religious group of people does Paine think are persecuted?
(a) Christians.
(b) Those who pretend to be Christians.
(c) Quakers.
(d) Those who pretend to be Quakers.

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

4. On which concept is the new Whig party based?
(a) Heredity.
(b) A two-party system.
(c) Representation.
(d) A three-party system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many total pages is Burke's denouncement of the French Revolution?

2. Why does Paine think the British are incapable of ruling America justly?

3. For what does Paine compliment Washington?

4. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?

5. What saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?

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