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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. Referencing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, what did Paine state was the purpose of government?

2. According to the French Constitution that Paine referred to, how often must the National Assembly be elected?

3. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?

4. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?

5. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the main point in the first preface for Rights of Man?

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

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

4. Why did Paine write the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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

6. 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?

7. How did Paine defend the French people against the insulting term that Burke used to describe them?

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

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

10. Which criticism did Paine make about Burke's view of the French Constitution at the end of Rights of Man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, Paine provided his suggestions for solving some of England's most significant problems.

1) Describe the exhaustion of the elderly in the workhouse of Europe and Paine's suggestions for improving the conditions for the them.

2) Explain why Paine was concerned about the children of England and the programs he recommended to give them moral instruction and direction.

3) Analyze Paine's budgetary advice for England and how it was designed to solve the problems of the poor, the elderly and the children.

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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