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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. Building on the foundation of Part One, in what style was Part Two of Rights of Man written?
(a) Measured, thoughtful and inclusive.
(b) Measured and derogatory.
(c) Measured and thoughtful.
(d) Thoughtful and inclusive.
2. As commented on by Paine, how did Burke refer to the events concerning the Bastille?
(a) He hardly mentioned it.
(b) He mentioned it too much.
(c) He mentioned it, but with the wrong facts.
(d) He mentioned it, but with one wrong fact.
3. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They both lasted for the same amount of time.
(b) They happened in the same place.
(c) They happened at the same time.
(d) They were both fought for similar reasons.
4. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?
(a) Taxation.
(b) Government.
(c) Politics.
(d) War.
5. In Paine's opinion, when did a society need government even less?
(a) When it had an established trade agreement.
(b) When it had good moral character.
(c) When it had an effective military.
(d) When it had vast resources.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?
2. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
3. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
4. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?
5. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
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