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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?
(a) Plots against the government.
(b) Plots on behalf of the government.
(c) Plots against other governments.
(d) Plots on behalf of other governments.

2. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?
(a) How its structure remained intact after the Revolution.
(b) How it would have been structured without the Revolution.
(c) How it was structured after the Revolution.
(d) How it was structured before the Revolution.

3. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?
(a) The previous wars of France.
(b) The previous wars of England.
(c) The level of tryrrany in France.
(d) The level of tyrrany in England.

4. Which one of the Founding Fathers was intended to receive Marquis de la Fayette's declaration of rights?
(a) John Adams.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

5. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?
(a) Commendable.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Unacceptable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?

2. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?

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

4. What type of work was Rights of Man?

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

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