View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

2. Based on Paine's assessment, how were the people's opinion of government changing as a result of the American and French Revolutions?

3. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?

4. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

5. What crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three major differences that Paine and Burke had in their opinions of a hereditary monarchy. Also, include an explanation of what a hereditary monarchy was, the negative effects it had on society, and whether or not you agree with Paine about its absurdity.

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

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,022 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample