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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not included in the natural rights Paine believes should be retained by people after they are born?
(a) The right to stand up for a cause.
(b) The right to be provided for.
(c) The right to practice religion.
(d) The right to procure happiness.

2. From where was English rule founded?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) America.

3. Why do Englishmen defend their king?
(a) Out of both reason and national pride.
(b) Out of neither reason nor national pride.
(c) Out of national pride, rather than reason.
(d) Out of reason, rather than national pride.

4. What is the Rights of Man considered?
(a) A treatise.
(b) An essay.
(c) A speech.
(d) A novel.

5. When did Edmund Burke attack the French Revolution in a book?
(a) 1719.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1781.

6. How many days before the taking of the Bastille did Marquis de La Fayette make a speech?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

7. What are the decrees outlining the foundation for a new French government called?
(a) The August Decrees.
(b) The December Decrees.
(c) The September Decrees.
(d) The November Decrees.

8. How does Paine describe Burke's analysis of France?
(a) Darkness attempting to illuminate light.
(b) Darkness attempting to conceal light.
(c) Darkness attempting to deny light.
(d) Darkness attempting to destroy light.

9. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?
(a) A self-sufficient government.
(b) Absolute governments.
(c) Partial governments.
(d) An absence of government.

10. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?
(a) He is superstitious.
(b) He does believe in miracles.
(c) He is not superstitious.
(d) He does not believe in miracles.

11. What does Paine believe should never separate the elected from the electors?
(a) Action, but not belief.
(b) Belief, but not action.
(c) Belief or action.
(d) Belief, action, or money.

12. Why does Paine state that America took up arms against England?
(a) Other countries forced the hand of America.
(b) America had become more prosperous than almost all other countries.
(c) England forced the hand of America.
(d) America had become more prosperous than England.

13. What city did the British incorrectly assume was the center of America when they attacked it?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Dallas.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

14. In the Introduction, what does Paine state about the thoughts of the book?
(a) They are popular for all of the country.
(b) They may have been popular at an earlier date.
(c) They may not be popular.
(d) They are popular for half of the country.

15. What does Paine hope the English people will realize from Burke's pamphlet?
(a) How archaic the English laws are.
(b) How difficult the English laws are to change.
(c) How easy the English laws are to change.
(d) How complicated the English laws are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the famous quote by Paine that starts the section, The Crisis?

2. According to Paine, whose role in the French Revolution should not be diminished?

3. When was the law invented that took the freedom away from the English subjects?

4. What saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?

5. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?

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