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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, Observations on the Declarations of Rights, Miscellaneous Chapter, Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Right to a fair trial.
(b) Right to bear arms.
(c) Freedom of the press.
(d) Freedom of speech.

2. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?
(a) Natural differences.
(b) Human equality.
(c) Human differences.
(d) Natural equality.

3. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?
(a) That the government was based on authority.
(b) That the government ever had authority.
(c) That the government never had authority.
(d) That the government was never based on authority.

4. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Biographical.
(d) Fictional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine do to help the cause being fought for in the American Revolution?

2. Which articles of Observations on the Declarations of Rights outlined the principles on which the laws of France should be built?

3. How did Paine summarize Burke's views in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

4. What type of work was Rights of Man?

5. In the Preface of Rights of Man, who did Paine think should go directly to the people?

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