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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Italians.
(b) The English.
(c) The French.
(d) The Americans.

3. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?
(a) Shock.
(b) Anger.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Disapppointment.

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

5. Which one of the following is not included in Paine's list of the general forms of government authority?
(a) Power.
(b) Commerce.
(c) Common Interest.
(d) Superstition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?

2. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?

3. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?

4. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?

5. Which other war had Burke previously supported?

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