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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Tyrrany.
(c) Treason.
(d) War.

2. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?
(a) Future examples.
(b) Previous examples.
(c) Logic.
(d) Principles.

3. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Its limit.
(b) Its relevance.
(c) Its origin.
(d) Its extent.

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

5. 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.

6. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?
(a) The previous wars of England.
(b) The previous wars of France.
(c) The level of tryrrany in France.
(d) The level of tyrrany in England.

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

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

9. As explained by Paine in the Conclusion of Part One, which two forces was mankind influenced by?
(a) Reason and ignorance.
(b) Curiosity and ignorance.
(c) Reason and knowledge.
(d) Curiosity and knowledge.

10. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Evaluate the first three articles.
(b) Replace the first three articles.
(c) Extend the first three articles.
(d) Shorten the first three articles.

11. 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) 1770.
(c) 1730.
(d) 1750.

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

13. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?
(a) All miscellany.
(b) Mostly miscellany.
(c) Half miscellany.
(d) Some miscellany.

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

15. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?
(a) Their freedom.
(b) Their land.
(c) Their money.
(d) Their past.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

3. What did Burke think about England's past laws?

4. How did Paine summarize Burke's views in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

5. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?

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