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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 noted in the Preface, where did Paine desire to collect his political thoughts?

2. In the Conclusion of Part One, how did Paine label the new era that was producing successful Republics?

3. Which century was Thomas Paine known for being one of the great political thinkers?

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

5. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the difference of opinion that Paine and Burke had about the Bastille?

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

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

6. Why was Paine qualified to write about the French's situation accurately?

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

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

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

10. How did Paine dispute Burke's opinion of the hereditary monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail the origin of the natural rights that Paine wrote about. Include an explanation of what the rights were, where they came from, the differences between natural and civil rights and how those rights should be represented in government and society.

Essay Topic 2

Both Paine and Burke looked at the storming of the Bastille in very different ways.

1) Describe why Burke might have decided to ignore the Bastille and how he briefly referred to it.

2) Explain Paine's opinion of the Bastille and why he considered it to be an important historical event.

3) Analyze whose opinion of the Bastille you think seems the most logical.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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