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

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

3. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?
(a) Through comparisons.
(b) Through reason.
(c) Through persistence.
(d) Through justifications.

4. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?
(a) To rebel against neither the principles that empowered tyrants nor the men themselves.
(b) To rebel against the men themselves, not the principles that empowered tyrants.
(c) To rebel against principles that empowered tyrants, not men themselves.
(d) To rebel against both the principles that empowered tyrants and men themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. As Paine wrote, what kind of impact would the French Revolution have?

3. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?

4. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?

5. In the Conclusion of Part One, how did Paine label the new era that was producing successful Republics?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Paine write the Miscellaneous Chapter?

5. How did Paine describe the main articles in the Declaration of Rights?

6. How did Paine dispute Burke's opinion of the hereditary monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

7. What was the English government's perception of the French Revolution and the French government?

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

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

10. Which positive examples of the French Constitution did Paine include in Rights of Man?

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