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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?
(a) To reinforce natural rights.
(b) To protect natural rights.
(c) To promote what natural rights cannot.
(d) To reinvent natural rights.

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

3. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He would be opposed to another war.
(b) He was tired of war.
(c) He was no friend of war.
(d) He was waiting for another war.

4. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?
(a) Lies, exaggerations, and hatred.
(b) Lies, bigotry, and exaggerations.
(c) Exaggerations, bigotry, and hatred.
(d) Lies, bigotry, and hatred.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

4. What did Paine do to help the cause being fought for in the American Revolution?

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

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