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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. According to the French Constitution that Paine referred to, how often must the National Assembly be elected?
(a) Every four years.
(b) Every year.
(c) Every three years.
(d) Every two years.

4. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?
(a) It would be misplaced.
(b) It would be lost.
(c) It would be replaced.
(d) It would be altered.

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

6. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It contradicted itself.
(b) It defeated itself.
(c) It diminished itself.
(d) It outsmarted itself.

7. Which articles of Observations on the Declarations of Rights outlined the principles on which the laws of France should be built?
(a) The seventh through the tenth.
(b) The eighth through the tenth.
(c) The seventh through the eleventh.
(d) The eighth through the eleventh.

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

9. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Very little.
(d) A lot.

10. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?
(a) That the government ever had authority.
(b) That the government never had authority.
(c) That the government was based on authority.
(d) That the government was never based on authority.

11. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?
(a) They did not support it.
(b) They supported only certain aspects of it.
(c) They supported it.
(d) He did not comment on their view.

12. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?
(a) Misinformation.
(b) Surveys.
(c) Hypothesis.
(d) Clauses.

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

14. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?
(a) The previous officials.
(b) The government.
(c) Other governments.
(d) The community.

15. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1687.
(d) 1678.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

2. What did Paine say made actions right or wrong with Burke's flawed line of thinking?

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

4. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?

5. Which century was Thomas Paine known for being one of the great political thinkers?

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