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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He would be opposed to another war.
(b) He was waiting for another war.
(c) He was no friend of war.
(d) He was tired of war.

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?
(a) The government.
(b) The community.
(c) Other governments.
(d) The previous officials.

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

7. 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 decide which rights are natural and inalienable.
(c) To provide funds for those that are lacking.
(d) To protect and promote natural, inalienable human rights.

8. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Right to bear arms.
(b) Freedom of speech.
(c) Right to a fair trial.
(d) Freedom of the press.

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

10. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?
(a) The right to choose their own governors.
(b) The right to claim a government funded security bond.
(c) The right to cashier governors for misconduct.
(d) The right to frame a government for themselves.

11. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?
(a) Society for Constitutional Information.
(b) Freedom Society.
(c) Society for Law and Justice.
(d) American Revolution Society.

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

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

14. How did Paine summarize Burke's views in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Burke did not understand which rights individuals did not have.
(b) Burke did not understand which rights individuals had.
(c) Burke claimed that individuals had no rights.
(d) Burke claimed that individuals had only select rights.

15. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They were both fought for similar reasons.
(b) They happened at the same time.
(c) They both lasted for the same amount of time.
(d) They happened in the same place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?

2. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?

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

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

5. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?

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