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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 analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They both lasted for the same amount of time.
(b) They were both fought for similar reasons.
(c) They happened at the same time.
(d) They happened in the same place.

2. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?
(a) To rebel against neither the principles that empowered tyrants nor the men themselves.
(b) To rebel against principles that empowered tyrants, not men themselves.
(c) To rebel against both the principles that empowered tyrants and men themselves.
(d) To rebel against the men themselves, not the principles that empowered tyrants.

3. What type of work was Rights of Man?
(a) A warning.
(b) An invitation.
(c) A response.
(d) A declaration.

4. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He was tired of war.
(b) He would be opposed to another war.
(c) He was no friend of war.
(d) He was waiting for another war.

5. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?
(a) Flock.
(b) Mob.
(c) Pack.
(d) Riot.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?

2. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

3. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?

4. Which of the following did Paine speak out against in Rights of Man?

5. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

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