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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. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?
(a) A plot to steal from the parliament.
(b) A plot to disband the military.
(c) A plot to reduce the military.
(d) A plot to abolish parliament.

2. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?
(a) 1678.
(b) 1687.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1677.

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

4. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?
(a) Actions that reduce the government.
(b) Actions that remove the government's authority.
(c) Actions that hurt society.
(d) Actions that hurt society or the government.

5. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?
(a) How it would have been structured without the Revolution.
(b) How its structure remained intact after the Revolution.
(c) How it was structured after the Revolution.
(d) How it was structured before the Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

5. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How did Paine clarify the target of the French people during the Revolution?

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

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

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

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

9. What rights did Dr. Price think the people of England had, and how did Burke disagree?

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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