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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Constitutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Paine speak out against in Rights of Man?
(a) Thoughts on French Affairs.
(b) Remarks on the Policies of the Allies with Respect to France.
(c) Reflections on the Revolution in France.
(d) Letters on a Regicide Peace.

2. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Controversial.

3. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?
(a) The right to frame a government for themselves.
(b) The right to choose their own governors.
(c) The right to claim a government funded security bond.
(d) The right to cashier governors for misconduct.

4. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
(a) Extended.
(b) Illustrated.
(c) Limited.
(d) General.

5. According to Paine in the Preface, who was his audience for Rights of Man?
(a) Half the world.
(b) A small part of the world.
(c) The western world.
(d) The whole world.

Short Answer Questions

1. In concluding Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what did Paine state was the basis for free governments?

2. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?

3. Referencing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, what did Paine state was the purpose of government?

4. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

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?

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