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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?
(a) Between the nation and the government.
(b) Between the state, the nation and the government.
(c) Between the state and the religion.
(d) Between the state and the nation.

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

4. 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 Americans.
(c) The French.
(d) The Italians.

5. As he noted in the Preface, where did Paine desire to collect his political thoughts?
(a) In one place.
(b) In two places.
(c) In several places.
(d) In many places.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other war had Burke previously supported?

2. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?

3. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?

4. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?

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

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