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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?
(a) Their land.
(b) Their past.
(c) Their freedom.
(d) Their money.

2. In the Preface of Rights of Man, who did Paine think should go directly to the people?
(a) Defenders of Liberty.
(b) Friends of Justice.
(c) Defenders of Justice.
(d) Friends of Liberty.

3. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?
(a) Appauled.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Confused.
(d) Resentful.

4. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?
(a) Through comparisons.
(b) Through persistence.
(c) Through justifications.
(d) Through reason.

5. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?
(a) The right to cashier governors for misconduct.
(b) The right to choose their own governors.
(c) The right to frame a government for themselves.
(d) The right to claim a government funded security bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?

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

3. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?

4. Which one of the Founding Fathers was intended to receive Marquis de la Fayette's declaration of rights?

5. Which century was Thomas Paine known for being one of the great political thinkers?

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