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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?
(a) To rebel against principles that empowered tyrants, not men themselves.
(b) To rebel against the men themselves, not the principles that empowered tyrants.
(c) To rebel against neither the principles that empowered tyrants nor the men themselves.
(d) To rebel against both the principles that empowered tyrants and men themselves.

3. How did Paine think the English people viewed the French Revolution?
(a) They supported it.
(b) They did not support it.
(c) He did not comment on their view.
(d) They supported only certain aspects of it.

4. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?
(a) The right to frame a government for themselves.
(b) The right to cashier governors for misconduct.
(c) The right to choose their own governors.
(d) The right to claim a government funded security bond.

5. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?
(a) Their freedom.
(b) Their money.
(c) Their land.
(d) Their past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Paine speak out against in Rights of Man?

2. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?

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

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?

5. Which one of the following is not included in Paine's list of the general forms of government authority?

(see the answer key)

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