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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 commented on by Paine, how did Burke refer to the events concerning the Bastille?

2. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?

3. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

4. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

5. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Paine's explanation of reason and ignorance in the Conclusion of Part One?

3. How did Paine indicate his intent for writing the Rights of Man in the second preface?

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

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

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

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

8. Which inefficiencies of the English government did Paine discuss in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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

10. What explanation did Paine given in Rights of Man about natural rights and human authority?

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

Explain Paine's reasons for writing Part Two of Rights of Man, what he intended to accomplish with it, Burke's response to Part One, Paine's frustration with the response, and his position of criminal prosecution that was included in the Preface for Part Two.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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