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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. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?
(a) A lot.
(b) Very little.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

2. 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, property, wages and security.
(c) Liberty, security, religion and resistance.
(d) Liberty, property, security, wages and resistance.

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

4. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
(a) He researched the war from several different sources.
(b) He had seen previous wars.
(c) He was on the ground during the war.
(d) He got reports from generals in the war.

5. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?
(a) Biographical.
(b) Fictional.
(c) Autobiographical.
(d) Philosophical.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

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

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

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

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