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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 crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Power cannot be inherited.
(b) Power cannot be given.
(c) Power cannot be corrupt.
(d) Power cannot be misguided.

2. 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 not being applied.
(d) The English Constitution was incomplete.

3. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?
(a) Lies, bigotry, and exaggerations.
(b) Lies, exaggerations, and hatred.
(c) Exaggerations, bigotry, and hatred.
(d) Lies, bigotry, and hatred.

4. According to Paine in the Preface, who was his audience for Rights of Man?
(a) Half the world.
(b) A small part of the world.
(c) The western world.
(d) The whole world.

5. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Secondary.
(d) Derivative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?

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

3. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?

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

5. Which articles of Observations on the Declarations of Rights outlined the principles on which the laws of France should be built?

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