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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. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
2. 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?
3. How many prefaces did the first part of Rights of Man have?
4. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
5. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Paine describe the main articles in the Declaration of Rights?
2. What was the English government's perception of the French Revolution and the French government?
3. Which rights did Paine include in the third preface for Rights of Man?
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. Which inefficiencies of the English government did Paine discuss in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
6. What were some of Paine's problems with Burke's views of governmental wisdom?
7. How did the second preface of Rights of Man begin?
8. How did Paine dispute Burke's opinion of the hereditary monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
9. How did the English people differ with the English government about the French Revolution?
10. What criticism of Burke did Paine include at the end of the Miscellaneous Chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the comparison between the French and English governments that Paine made in Rights of Man. Also, provide a description of Paine's opinions of both governments, how they corresponded to the main themes of the book, and the points that Paine was making with the comparison.
Essay Topic 2
Part Two of Rights of Man began with an Introduction about America's success and the reasons behind it.
1) Describe the aspects of America that Paine thought helped them succeed in forming a new government.
2) Explain why Paine expressed that America was the only place that could have tried a new form of government at that time.
3) Analyze the success of America as it is highlighted by Paine in the Introduction of Part Two of Rights of Man.
Essay Topic 3
Explain three examples of mistakes that Burke made in his description of the French Revolution, Paine's correction of the mistakes, and what their inaccuracy showed about Burke's opinions.
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