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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rights of Man, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burke continue to perpetuate with his actions?
(a) England's decreased status in the world.
(b) A false sense of security for the nations.
(c) France's decreased status in the world.
(d) Animosity between the nations.

2. How does Paine describe tyranny?
(a) An opponent that is not easily defeated.
(b) An opponent that is easily defeated.
(c) An opponent that once could have been easily defeated, but no longer.
(d) An opponent that is not easily defeated now, but will be in the future.

3. What is the result of using faith for political reasons?
(a) It undermines the religions that are not involved.
(b) It undermines all religions.
(c) It undermines only the religion involved.
(d) It undermines the right to practice religion freely.

4. How many years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?
(a) The first three.
(b) The last four.
(c) The first four.
(d) The last three.

5. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?
(a) Germany.
(b) Holland.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Belgium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did the British incorrectly assume was the center of America when they attacked it?

2. What is the famous quote by Paine that starts the section, The Crisis?

3. What saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?

4. What does government promote?

5. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?

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