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

2. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?
(a) Through justifications.
(b) Through reason.
(c) Through comparisons.
(d) Through persistence.

3. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?
(a) Past, dead documents of law.
(b) An old law that has never been followed.
(c) A new law that has never been passed.
(d) Current, irrelevant documents of law.

4. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Right to bear arms.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Right to a fair trial.

5. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?
(a) The English.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The French.
(d) The Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?

2. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?

3. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?

4. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?

5. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?

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