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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 type of work was Rights of Man?
(a) An invitation.
(b) A response.
(c) A declaration.
(d) A warning.

2. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They could be altered.
(b) They could not be altered.
(c) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(d) They should only be altered every two hundred years.

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

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

5. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To address the people that agreed with Burke.
(b) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(c) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.
(d) To correct Burke's factual errors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?

4. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?

5. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?

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