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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

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

3. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

4. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?

5. As explained by Paine in the Conclusion of Part One, which two forces was mankind influenced by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Paine say his audience was in the third preface and what was his response to the backlash his readers were experiencing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dr. Price, the societies mentioned with him in Rights of Man, the rights that he outlined, Burke's objection of his positions and Paine's defense of them.

Essay Topic 2

Using the information Paine provided in Chapter 2 of Part Two of Rights of Man, compare the origins of the English government with the actions that Paine had observed in the monarchical government. Also, include an analysis of the origin of government in general, the initial intentions of its development and why Paine supported the representative style of government as the best option.

Essay Topic 3

A main position that Paine took in Of Society and Civilization was that a society could function with little or no government.

1) Describe early America before the American Revolution and the reasons why it maintained itself without a formal government.

2) Explain the characteristics that Paine outlined for how a country could be maintained by society without government.

3) Analyze Paine's opinions of government's role in society and whether he thought there could be a government without society.

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