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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?
(a) Defensive.
(b) Excited.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Angry.

2. What crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Power cannot be given.
(b) Power cannot be corrupt.
(c) Power cannot be inherited.
(d) Power cannot be misguided.

3. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To correct Burke's factual errors.
(b) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(c) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.
(d) To address the people that agreed with Burke.

4. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?
(a) Political, economic and international instability.
(b) Economic and international instability.
(c) Political instability.
(d) Political and economic instability.

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

6. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?
(a) Lies, bigotry, and exaggerations.
(b) Lies, bigotry, and hatred.
(c) Exaggerations, bigotry, and hatred.
(d) Lies, exaggerations, and hatred.

7. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?
(a) The French.
(b) The English.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The Americans.

8. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?
(a) Incomes could not be taxed.
(b) Property could not be seized.
(c) War could not be declared.
(d) Money could not be used.

9. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?
(a) Possibility.
(b) Victory.
(c) Reason.
(d) Truth.

10. 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 include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.
(c) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.
(d) To guide the previous parts of the book.

11. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?
(a) Past, dead documents of law.
(b) Current, irrelevant documents of law.
(c) A new law that has never been passed.
(d) An old law that has never been followed.

12. Which one of the following is not included in Paine's list of the general forms of government authority?
(a) Power.
(b) Commerce.
(c) Common Interest.
(d) Superstition.

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

14. Based on Paine's assessment, how were the people's opinion of government changing as a result of the American and French Revolutions?
(a) Not quickly enough.
(b) Irreversibly.
(c) Gradually.
(d) Quickly.

15. Referencing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, what did Paine state was the purpose of government?
(a) To ensure that no citizen earns more than a decided amount.
(b) To provide funds for those that are lacking.
(c) To decide which rights are natural and inalienable.
(d) To protect and promote natural, inalienable human rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?

2. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?

3. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?

4. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?

5. What type of work was Rights of Man?

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