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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?
(a) The U.S. had the ability to reverse the effects of a monarchy.
(b) The U.S. was prospering without a monarchy.
(c) The U.S. was the only example of an overthrown monarchy.
(d) The U.S. will never resort to a monarchy.

2. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?
(a) Honor.
(b) Intent.
(c) Validity.
(d) Support.

3. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?
(a) Inexusable.
(b) Rude.
(c) Obnoxious.
(d) Violent.

4. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?
(a) To act as a reference for previous parts of the book.
(b) To guide the previous parts of the book.
(c) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.
(d) To include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.

5. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1730.

6. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?
(a) Mob.
(b) Riot.
(c) Pack.
(d) Flock.

7. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?
(a) Confused.
(b) Appauled.
(c) Remorseful.
(d) Resentful.

8. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?
(a) Very little.
(b) Everything.
(c) A lot.
(d) Nothing.

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

10. What impressed Paine about the National Assembly in Rights of Man?
(a) Their objectivity.
(b) Their ability to prevent revolt.
(c) Their patience.
(d) Their ability to restrain revolt.

11. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?
(a) It would be lost.
(b) It would be altered.
(c) It would be replaced.
(d) It would be misplaced.

12. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They should only be altered every two hundred years.
(b) They could not be altered.
(c) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(d) They could be altered.

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

14. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?
(a) The right to cashier governors for misconduct.
(b) The right to claim a government funded security bond.
(c) The right to frame a government for themselves.
(d) The right to choose their own governors.

15. According to Paine in the Preface, who was his audience for Rights of Man?
(a) A small part of the world.
(b) The whole world.
(c) Half the world.
(d) The western world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prefaces did the first part of Rights of Man have?

2. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?

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

4. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?

5. Because of the American and French Revolutions, what was being undermined about the old governments in Paine's opinion?

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