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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part the Second, Combining Principle of Practice, Preface and Introduction, Chapter 1, Of Society and Civilization, Chapter 2, Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments, Chapter 3, Of the Old and New Systems of Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?
(a) Disdainful.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Genuine.
(d) Hypocritical.

3. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?
(a) Truth.
(b) Possibility.
(c) Victory.
(d) Reason.

4. How did Paine summarize Burke's views in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Burke did not understand which rights individuals had.
(b) Burke claimed that individuals had only select rights.
(c) Burke did not understand which rights individuals did not have.
(d) Burke claimed that individuals had no rights.

5. Why did Paine think that America was the only place in the world where Independence could be tried?
(a) It had the most creative people.
(b) It had the most to gain.
(c) It was the correct size.
(d) It was free of history.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?

2. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?

3. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?

4. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?

5. What type of work was Rights of Man?

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