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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) Scam.
(b) Fallacy.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Illusion.

2. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They should only be altered every two hundred years.
(b) They could be altered.
(c) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(d) They could not be altered.

3. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?
(a) Defensive.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Exhausted.

4. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?
(a) Hypocritical.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Disdainful.
(d) Genuine.

5. Which of the following did Paine speak out against in Rights of Man?
(a) Remarks on the Policies of the Allies with Respect to France.
(b) Reflections on the Revolution in France.
(c) Letters on a Regicide Peace.
(d) Thoughts on French Affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?

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

3. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?

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

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

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