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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?
(a) Support.
(b) Honor.
(c) Validity.
(d) Intent.

4. Because of the American and French Revolutions, what was being undermined about the old governments in Paine's opinion?
(a) Legitimacy.
(b) History.
(c) Control.
(d) Authority.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the Founding Fathers was intended to receive Marquis de la Fayette's declaration of rights?

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

3. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

4. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Paine's explanation of reason and ignorance in the Conclusion of Part One?

2. What drawbacks to the English government did Paine write about while covering the rights that the French people had?

3. Which rights did Paine include in the third preface for Rights of Man?

4. How did the second preface of Rights of Man begin?

5. What was another reason that Paine gave for writing Rights of Man in the third preface?

6. What was the main point in the first preface for Rights of Man?

7. What caused Thomas Paine to write Rights of Man?

8. How did Paine clarify the target of the French people during the Revolution?

9. What was the difference of opinion that Paine and Burke had about the Bastille?

10. How did Paine defend the French people against the insulting term that Burke used to describe them?

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