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

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

3. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?
(a) They supported it.
(b) They supported only certain aspects of it.
(c) They did not support it.
(d) He did not comment on their view.

4. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?
(a) Incomes could not be taxed.
(b) War could not be declared.
(c) Property could not be seized.
(d) Money could not be used.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which century was Thomas Paine known for being one of the great political thinkers?

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

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

4. What did Paine say made actions right or wrong with Burke's flawed line of thinking?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Why did Paine write the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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