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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?
(a) Remorseful.
(b) Appauled.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Confused.

2. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?
(a) Liberty and equality.
(b) Liberty, equality, and commerce.
(c) Liberty and freedom of religion.
(d) Equality and commerce.

3. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?
(a) Genuine.
(b) Disdainful.
(c) Hypocritical.
(d) Ambiguous.

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

5. As Paine wrote, what kind of impact would the French Revolution have?
(a) Neither an impact on France nor other countries.
(b) Only an impact on France.
(c) Only an impact on other countries.
(d) An impact on France and other countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?

2. Which other war had Burke previously supported?

3. In the Preface of Rights of Man, who did Paine think should go directly to the people?

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

5. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?

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