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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?
(a) Liberty, property, security and resistance.
(b) Liberty, security, religion and resistance.
(c) Liberty, property, security, wages and resistance.
(d) Liberty, property, wages and security.

2. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Replace the first three articles.
(b) Evaluate the first three articles.
(c) Extend the first three articles.
(d) Shorten the first three articles.

3. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?
(a) Truth.
(b) Possibility.
(c) Victory.
(d) Reason.

4. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) A spectacular accomplishment.
(b) An unprecedented event.
(c) An outstanding triumph.
(d) A fantastic achievement.

5. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Right to bear arms.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Right to a fair trial.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

3. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

4. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?

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

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