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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. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?
(a) It would be replaced.
(b) It would be altered.
(c) It would be misplaced.
(d) It would be lost.

2. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?
(a) Through comparisons.
(b) Through reason.
(c) Through persistence.
(d) Through justifications.

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

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

5. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?
(a) Shock.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disapppointment.
(d) Amusement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?

2. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?

3. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

4. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?

5. How did Paine think the English people viewed the French Revolution?

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