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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. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They happened at the same time.
(b) They were both fought for similar reasons.
(c) They both lasted for the same amount of time.
(d) They happened in the same place.

2. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?
(a) Actions that hurt society or the government.
(b) Actions that remove the government's authority.
(c) Actions that reduce the government.
(d) Actions that hurt society.

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

4. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?
(a) To rebel against the men themselves, not the principles that empowered tyrants.
(b) To rebel against neither the principles that empowered tyrants nor the men themselves.
(c) To rebel against principles that empowered tyrants, not men themselves.
(d) To rebel against both the principles that empowered tyrants and men themselves.

5. Which century was Thomas Paine known for being one of the great political thinkers?
(a) Seventeenth century
(b) Twentieth century.
(c) Nineteenth century.
(d) Eighteenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?

2. What type of work was Rights of Man?

3. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?

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

5. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

Short Essay Questions

1. What criticism of Burke did Paine include at the end of the Miscellaneous Chapter?

2. What was the English government's perception of the French Revolution and the French government?

3. Why was Paine qualified to write about the French's situation accurately?

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

5. How did Paine indicate his intent for writing the Rights of Man in the second preface?

6. How did the English people differ with the English government about the French Revolution?

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

8. Which criticism did Paine make about Burke's view of the French Constitution at the end of Rights of Man?

9. What was another reason that Paine gave for writing Rights of Man in the third preface?

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

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