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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. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?
(a) War.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Treason.
(d) Tyrrany.

2. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?
(a) They could not be transferred or annihilated.
(b) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.
(c) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.
(d) They could not be borrowed or transferred.

3. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Its limit.
(b) Its relevance.
(c) Its origin.
(d) Its extent.

4. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Secondary.
(d) Derivative.

5. Which articles of Observations on the Declarations of Rights outlined the principles on which the laws of France should be built?
(a) The seventh through the eleventh.
(b) The seventh through the tenth.
(c) The eighth through the tenth.
(d) The eighth through the eleventh.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?

4. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?

5. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?

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