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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. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?

2. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?

3. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?

4. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?

5. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The first two prefaces for Rights of Man were intended to be read by English and French audiences.

1) Describe the English preface and Paine's goals when writing it.

2) Explain the message that Paine was delivering with the French preface.

3) Analyze the similarities and differences between the English and French prefaces.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The Conclusion of Part One summarized Paine's positions while presenting his idea of the two influences of mankind.

1) Describe the two influences of mankind, reason and ignorance, and their place in society.

2) Explain which types of government were influenced by reason and which ones were influenced by ignorance.

3) Analyze the difference in previous Revolutions and the present Revolutions of Paine's time with regard to their effects on the Republics.

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