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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 type of formal government did the frontier areas of America have before the American Revolution?
(a) None.
(b) More than they did after the Revolution.
(c) The same as they did after the Revolution.
(d) Very little.

2. Why did Paine think that America was the only place in the world where Independence could be tried?
(a) It was the correct size.
(b) It had the most creative people.
(c) It had the most to gain.
(d) It was free of history.

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

4. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?
(a) Pointless.
(b) Unacceptable.
(c) Commendable.
(d) Confusing.

5. Using history to support his opinion, what did Paine find unsurprising about how governments began?
(a) They began in chaos.
(b) They began as robbers.
(c) They began as murderers.
(d) They began in ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

4. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?

5. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?

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