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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part the Second, Combining Principle of Practice, Preface and Introduction, Chapter 1, Of Society and Civilization, Chapter 2, Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments, Chapter 3, Of the Old and New Systems of Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paine do to help the cause being fought for in the American Revolution?
(a) He made a political case for it and supported the troops.
(b) He made a political case for it and planned its strategy.
(c) He made an ethical case for it, planned its strategy, and supported the troops.
(d) He supported the troops and planned the war's strategy.

2. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Ten.
(b) Over twelve.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

3. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?
(a) Principles.
(b) Future examples.
(c) Previous examples.
(d) Logic.

4. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?
(a) Human equality.
(b) Natural differences.
(c) Natural equality.
(d) Human differences.

5. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Very little.
(d) A lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the first part of Rights of Man was Part Two published?

2. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?

3. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?

4. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

5. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?

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