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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. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?
(a) A plot to abolish parliament.
(b) A plot to disband the military.
(c) A plot to reduce the military.
(d) A plot to steal from the parliament.
2. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?
(a) How it would have been structured without the Revolution.
(b) How it was structured before the Revolution.
(c) How its structure remained intact after the Revolution.
(d) How it was structured after the Revolution.
3. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?
(a) Between the state, the nation and the government.
(b) Between the nation and the government.
(c) Between the state and the nation.
(d) Between the state and the religion.
4. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?
(a) All miscellany.
(b) Half miscellany.
(c) Some miscellany.
(d) Mostly miscellany.
5. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?
(a) The English.
(b) The French.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Italians.
Short Answer Questions
1. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?
2. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?
3. How much of Burke's new work did Paine intend to discuss in Part Two of Rights of Man?
4. In the Preface of Rights of Man, who did Paine think should go directly to the people?
5. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?
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