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

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

3. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Derivative.
(c) Secondary.
(d) Non-existent.

4. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It contradicted itself.
(b) It diminished itself.
(c) It defeated itself.
(d) It outsmarted itself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?

2. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?

3. Which century was Thomas Paine known for being one of the great political thinkers?

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

5. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?

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