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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?
(a) To include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.
(b) To act as a reference for previous parts of the book.
(c) To guide the previous parts of the book.
(d) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.

2. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Fallacy.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Scam.

3. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Derivative.
(d) Secondary.

4. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?
(a) Possibility.
(b) Truth.
(c) Reason.
(d) Victory.

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

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

7. 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 lost.
(b) It would be misplaced.
(c) It would be altered.
(d) It would be replaced.

8. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?
(a) Between the nation and the government.
(b) Between the state, the nation and the government.
(c) Between the state and the nation.
(d) Between the state and the religion.

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

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

11. What did Paine do to help the cause being fought for in the American Revolution?
(a) He made a political case for it and planned its strategy.
(b) He supported the troops and planned the war's strategy.
(c) He made a political case for it and supported the troops.
(d) He made an ethical case for it, planned its strategy, and supported the troops.

12. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?
(a) Liberty and equality.
(b) Liberty, equality, and commerce.
(c) Equality and commerce.
(d) Liberty and freedom of religion.

13. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?
(a) Lies, exaggerations, and hatred.
(b) Exaggerations, bigotry, and hatred.
(c) Lies, bigotry, and hatred.
(d) Lies, bigotry, and exaggerations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?

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

3. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?

4. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?

5. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?

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