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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?
(a) Money could not be used.
(b) Incomes could not be taxed.
(c) Property could not be seized.
(d) War could not be declared.

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 seventh through the tenth.
(c) The eighth through the tenth.
(d) The seventh through the eleventh.

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

4. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Defensive.

5. How did Paine describe reasoning with the states in the Preface?
(a) Unacceptable.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Commendable.

6. 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.

7. 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 outsmarted itself.
(c) It defeated itself.
(d) It diminished itself.

8. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?
(a) Flock.
(b) Mob.
(c) Pack.
(d) Riot.

9. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?
(a) The French.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The English.
(d) The Italians.

10. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?
(a) Power.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Trade.
(d) Commerce.

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

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

13. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(b) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.
(c) To correct Burke's factual errors.
(d) To address the people that agreed with Burke.

14. As he noted in the Preface, where did Paine desire to collect his political thoughts?
(a) In one place.
(b) In two places.
(c) In many places.
(d) In several places.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?

2. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?

3. What type of work was Rights of Man?

4. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

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

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