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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the English government's position on the French Revolution?
(a) Almost all of the English government supports it.
(b) The English government supports it.
(c) Half of the English government supports it.
(d) The English government does not support it.

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

3. According to Paine, what should not be confused with religion?
(a) An empty soul.
(b) A full soul.
(c) A cold soul.
(d) A warm soul.

4. What types of goals should the members of the elected have?
(a) The same goals as other countries.
(b) The same goals as the body.
(c) The same goals as the largest populated cities.
(d) The same goals as half of the body.

5. According to Paine, which governments must unite to lead by example in order to ensure liberty worldwide?
(a) America, England, and France.
(b) Only England and France.
(c) Only America and France.
(d) Only America and England.

6. How does Paine describe tyranny?
(a) An opponent that is not easily defeated now, but will be in the future.
(b) An opponent that is easily defeated.
(c) An opponent that once could have been easily defeated, but no longer.
(d) An opponent that is not easily defeated.

7. Whom was the Rights of Man presented to?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

8. What does Paine believe will happen with time?
(a) His views will become accepted, but not favored.
(b) His views will never become accepted or favored.
(c) His views will become accepted and possibly favored.
(d) His views will become favored, but not accepted.

9. What is the famous quote by Paine that starts the section, The Crisis?
(a) These are the men whose soul's need to be tested.
(b) These are the times that try men's souls.
(c) These are the times that men's souls are tested.
(d) These are the men whose soul's have been tried.

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

11. As Paine states in The Crisis, what word should never replace the word "Christian"?
(a) Imposter.
(b) Bigot.
(c) Thief.
(d) Liar.

12. How does Paine refer to himself, with regards to Howe?
(a) A friend and countryman.
(b) A friend, enemy, and countryman.
(c) A friend and an enemy.
(d) An enemy and countryman.

13. Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published?
(a) Strasbourg.
(b) Grenoble.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bordeaux.

14. What did the lack of monarchy result in for Britain before the kings?
(a) A lack of war.
(b) A lack of commerce.
(c) A need for war.
(d) A need for commerce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?

2. How many total pages is Burke's denouncement of the French Revolution?

3. How does Paine describe Burke's descriptions of the French during the Revolution?

4. What does Paine use examples from scripture to explain?

5. According to British law, how long do the children of the king have the right to rule over every common person?

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