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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. How did Paine think the English people viewed the French Revolution?
(a) They supported only certain aspects of it.
(b) They supported it.
(c) He did not comment on their view.
(d) They did not support it.

2. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?
(a) Defensive.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

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

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 cashier governors for misconduct.
(c) The right to claim a government funded security bond.
(d) The right to frame a government for themselves.

5. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Trade.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?

3. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?

4. What type of work was Rights of Man?

5. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?

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