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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 word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Fallacy.
(d) Scam.

2. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?
(a) The community.
(b) Other governments.
(c) The government.
(d) The previous officials.

3. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?
(a) Government.
(b) War.
(c) Politics.
(d) Taxation.

4. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
(a) The French Constitution was better.
(b) The French Constitution was more difficult to understand.
(c) The English Constitution was incomplete.
(d) The English Constitution was not being applied.

5. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?
(a) Society for Constitutional Information.
(b) American Revolution Society.
(c) Freedom Society.
(d) Society for Law and Justice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

3. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?

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

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

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