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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part the Second, Combining Principle of Practice, Preface and Introduction, Chapter 1, Of Society and Civilization, Chapter 2, Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments, Chapter 3, Of the Old and New Systems of Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To correct Burke's factual errors.
(b) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(c) To address the people that agreed with Burke.
(d) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.

2. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Right to a fair trial.
(b) Right to bear arms.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Freedom of the press.

3. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) Ambiguous.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Controversial.
(d) Confusing.

4. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He was tired of war.
(b) He was waiting for another war.
(c) He would be opposed to another war.
(d) He was no friend of war.

5. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?
(a) Power.
(b) Trade.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Commerce.

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?

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

3. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?

4. Referencing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, what did Paine state was the purpose of government?

5. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

(see the answer key)

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