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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. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?

2. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?

3. Which other war had Burke previously supported?

4. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

5. How did Paine depict his feelings in the Preface about the way readers of his work were being punished in some countries?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the second preface of Rights of Man begin?

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

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

6. How did Paine describe the main articles in the Declaration of Rights?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the American Constitution with the monarchical government in England, using three examples from Of Constitutions to support your analysis. Specifically, include your assessment of Paine's view of the American legal system and the election process for the presidency.

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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