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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?
(a) Genuine.
(b) Hypocritical.
(c) Disdainful.
(d) Ambiguous.

3. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Fictional.
(d) Biographical.

4. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?
(a) Natural equality.
(b) Human equality.
(c) Natural differences.
(d) Human differences.

5. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
(a) He got reports from generals in the war.
(b) He researched the war from several different sources.
(c) He was on the ground during the war.
(d) He had seen previous wars.

6. As Paine wrote, what kind of impact would the French Revolution have?
(a) Only an impact on France.
(b) Neither an impact on France nor other countries.
(c) An impact on France and other countries.
(d) Only an impact on other countries.

7. As commented on by Paine, how did Burke refer to the events concerning the Bastille?
(a) He mentioned it, but with one wrong fact.
(b) He mentioned it too much.
(c) He mentioned it, but with the wrong facts.
(d) He hardly mentioned it.

8. As he noted in the Preface, where did Paine desire to collect his political thoughts?
(a) In two places.
(b) In many places.
(c) In one place.
(d) In several places.

9. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?
(a) Liberty, property, security and resistance.
(b) Liberty, security, religion and resistance.
(c) Liberty, property, security, wages and resistance.
(d) Liberty, property, wages and security.

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

11. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?
(a) Rude.
(b) Inexusable.
(c) Violent.
(d) Obnoxious.

12. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?
(a) Rights.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Limits.
(d) Conditions.

13. 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) Money could not be used.
(d) War could not be declared.

14. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) An outstanding triumph.
(b) An unprecedented event.
(c) A fantastic achievement.
(d) A spectacular accomplishment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work was Rights of Man?

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

3. 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?

4. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?

5. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

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