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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?
(a) To reinvent natural rights.
(b) To promote what natural rights cannot.
(c) To protect natural rights.
(d) To reinforce natural rights.

2. Because of the American and French Revolutions, what was being undermined about the old governments in Paine's opinion?
(a) Legitimacy.
(b) Control.
(c) Authority.
(d) History.

3. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
(a) The English Constitution was not being applied.
(b) The English Constitution was incomplete.
(c) The French Constitution was more difficult to understand.
(d) The French Constitution was better.

4. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Government is governed by too many principles.
(b) Government cannot be governed by too many principles.
(c) Government cannot be governed by too little principles.
(d) Government is governed by no principles.

5. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
(a) General.
(b) Extended.
(c) Limited.
(d) Illustrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

2. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?

3. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?

4. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?

5. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paine dispute Burke's opinion of the hereditary monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

2. What rights did Dr. Price think the people of England had, and how did Burke disagree?

3. What were some of Paine's problems with Burke's views of governmental wisdom?

4. How did Paine describe the main articles in the Declaration of Rights?

5. Who did Paine say his audience was in the third preface and what was his response to the backlash his readers were experiencing?

6. What was the essence of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens?

7. How did Paine clarify the target of the French people during the Revolution?

8. What caused Thomas Paine to write Rights of Man?

9. What was Paine's explanation of reason and ignorance in the Conclusion of Part One?

10. Which positive examples of the French Constitution did Paine include in Rights of Man?

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