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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. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?
2. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
3. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?
4. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?
5. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Paine dispute Burke's opinion of the hereditary monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
2. What was the English government's perception of the French Revolution and the French government?
3. Which positive examples of the French Constitution did Paine include in Rights of Man?
4. What were the differences in the three forms of government authority that Paine mentioned in Rights of Man?
5. Why did Paine write the Miscellaneous Chapter?
6. What drawbacks to the English government did Paine write about while covering the rights that the French people had?
7. What criticism of Burke did Paine include at the end of the Miscellaneous Chapter?
8. According to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, what was the purpose of laws?
9. Why was Paine qualified to write about the French's situation accurately?
10. What rights did Dr. Price think the people of England had, and how did Burke disagree?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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