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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?
(a) Between the state and the religion.
(b) Between the nation and the government.
(c) Between the state, the nation and the government.
(d) Between the state and the nation.

2. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?
(a) To promote what natural rights cannot.
(b) To reinvent natural rights.
(c) To protect natural rights.
(d) To reinforce natural rights.

3. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It contradicted itself.
(b) It diminished itself.
(c) It outsmarted itself.
(d) It defeated itself.

4. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?
(a) Incomes could not be taxed.
(b) Property could not be seized.
(c) Money could not be used.
(d) War could not be declared.

5. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?

2. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?

3. What type of work was Rights of Man?

4. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

5. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?

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