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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 explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?

2. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?

3. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?

4. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?

5. Which one of the Founding Fathers was intended to receive Marquis de la Fayette's declaration of rights?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Paine write the Miscellaneous Chapter?

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. What drawbacks to the English government did Paine write about while covering the rights that the French people had?

7. According to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, what was the purpose of laws?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part Two of Rights of Man began with an Introduction about America's success and the reasons behind it.

1) Describe the aspects of America that Paine thought helped them succeed in forming a new government.

2) Explain why Paine expressed that America was the only place that could have tried a new form of government at that time.

3) Analyze the success of America as it is highlighted by Paine in the Introduction of Part Two of Rights of Man.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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