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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Government is governed by too many principles.
(b) Government cannot be governed by too many principles.
(c) Government is governed by no principles.
(d) Government cannot be governed by too little principles.

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

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

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

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

6. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1730.

7. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?
(a) War.
(b) Taxation.
(c) Government.
(d) Politics.

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

9. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?
(a) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.
(b) They could not be borrowed or transferred.
(c) They could not be transferred or annihilated.
(d) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.

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

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

12. 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 preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.
(d) To guide the previous parts of the book.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?

2. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

3. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?

4. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?

5. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

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