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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 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 Americans.
(b) The French.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The English.

2. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They happened at the same time.
(b) They were both fought for similar reasons.
(c) They both lasted for the same amount of time.
(d) They happened in the same place.

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

4. In the Preface of Rights of Man, who did Paine think should go directly to the people?
(a) Friends of Justice.
(b) Defenders of Liberty.
(c) Defenders of Justice.
(d) Friends of Liberty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?

2. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?

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

4. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Which inefficiencies of the English government did Paine discuss in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

2. How did natural rights lead to civil rights in a society?

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

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

5. What were some of Paine's problems with Burke's views of governmental wisdom?

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

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

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

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

10. Which criticism did Paine make about Burke's view of the French Constitution at the end of Rights of Man?

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