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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It diminished itself.
(b) It contradicted itself.
(c) It defeated itself.
(d) It outsmarted itself.

2. What impressed Paine about the National Assembly in Rights of Man?
(a) Their patience.
(b) Their ability to prevent revolt.
(c) Their objectivity.
(d) Their ability to restrain revolt.

3. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(b) They could be altered.
(c) They could not be altered.
(d) They should only be altered every two hundred years.

4. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?
(a) Liberty and freedom of religion.
(b) Equality and commerce.
(c) Liberty, equality, and commerce.
(d) Liberty and equality.

5. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?
(a) An old law that has never been followed.
(b) Past, dead documents of law.
(c) Current, irrelevant documents of law.
(d) A new law that has never been passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?

3. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

4. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?

5. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?

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