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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 explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?
(a) To reinvent natural rights.
(b) To protect natural rights.
(c) To reinforce natural rights.
(d) To promote what natural rights cannot.

2. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?
(a) Society for Law and Justice.
(b) American Revolution Society.
(c) Freedom Society.
(d) Society for Constitutional Information.

3. 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 community.
(c) Other governments.
(d) The previous officials.

4. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?
(a) Their money.
(b) Their past.
(c) Their freedom.
(d) Their land.

5. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
(a) General.
(b) Illustrated.
(c) Extended.
(d) Limited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?

2. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?

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

4. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, what was the purpose of laws?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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