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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?
(a) Biographical.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Fictional.

2. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To correct Burke's factual errors.
(b) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(c) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.
(d) To address the people that agreed with Burke.

3. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
(a) He got reports from generals in the war.
(b) He researched the war from several different sources.
(c) He had seen previous wars.
(d) He was on the ground during the war.

4. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?
(a) Rude.
(b) Violent.
(c) Obnoxious.
(d) Inexusable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other war had Burke previously supported?

2. How many prefaces did the first part of Rights of Man have?

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

4. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?

5. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?

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