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

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

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

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

5. What type of work was Rights of Man?
(a) An invitation.
(b) A warning.
(c) A declaration.
(d) A response.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?

2. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?

3. As explained by Paine in the Conclusion of Part One, which two forces was mankind influenced by?

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

5. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?

Short Essay Questions

1. What criticism of Burke did Paine include at the end of the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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

3. How did Paine indicate his intent for writing the Rights of Man in the second preface?

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

5. What was the essence of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens?

6. How did the English people differ with the English government about the French Revolution?

7. What were the differences in the three forms of government authority that Paine mentioned in Rights of Man?

8. How did Paine name the new era that was taking place and the future of the Revolutions at the end of Part One's Conclusion?

9. Why was Paine qualified to write about the French's situation accurately?

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

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