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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?
(a) Plots against other governments.
(b) Plots on behalf of the government.
(c) Plots against the government.
(d) Plots on behalf of other governments.

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

5. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Anger.
(c) Shock.
(d) Disapppointment.

6. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?
(a) The U.S. was prospering without a monarchy.
(b) The U.S. was the only example of an overthrown monarchy.
(c) The U.S. had the ability to reverse the effects of a monarchy.
(d) The U.S. will never resort to a monarchy.

7. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?
(a) Actions that remove the government's authority.
(b) Actions that reduce the government.
(c) Actions that hurt society or the government.
(d) Actions that hurt society.

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

9. Which other war had Burke previously supported?
(a) American Revolution.
(b) Glorious Revolution.
(c) French and Indian War.
(d) Seven Years War.

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

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

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

13. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?
(a) A plot to abolish parliament.
(b) A plot to steal from the parliament.
(c) A plot to reduce the military.
(d) A plot to disband the military.

14. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They should only be altered every two hundred years.
(b) They could be altered.
(c) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(d) They could not be altered.

15. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Over twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Based on Paine's assessment, how were the people's opinion of government changing as a result of the American and French Revolutions?

3. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?

4. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?

5. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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