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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?
(a) Misinformation.
(b) Clauses.
(c) Hypothesis.
(d) Surveys.

2. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?
(a) Through comparisons.
(b) Through reason.
(c) Through persistence.
(d) Through justifications.

3. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?
(a) To act as a reference for previous parts of the book.
(b) To guide the previous parts of the book.
(c) To include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.
(d) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.

4. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?
(a) Political instability.
(b) Political, economic and international instability.
(c) Political and economic instability.
(d) Economic and international instability.

5. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?
(a) Plots against other governments.
(b) Plots on behalf of the government.
(c) Plots on behalf of other governments.
(d) Plots against the government.

6. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It defeated itself.
(b) It contradicted itself.
(c) It diminished itself.
(d) It outsmarted itself.

7. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?
(a) A plot to abolish parliament.
(b) A plot to steal from the parliament.
(c) A plot to disband the military.
(d) A plot to reduce the military.

8. How did Paine think the English people viewed the French Revolution?
(a) They supported it.
(b) He did not comment on their view.
(c) They did not support it.
(d) They supported only certain aspects of it.

9. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?
(a) Half miscellany.
(b) All miscellany.
(c) Some miscellany.
(d) Mostly miscellany.

10. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
(a) He was on the ground during the war.
(b) He had seen previous wars.
(c) He researched the war from several different sources.
(d) He got reports from generals in the war.

11. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Scam.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Fallacy.

12. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?
(a) To protect natural rights.
(b) To reinvent natural rights.
(c) To promote what natural rights cannot.
(d) To reinforce natural rights.

13. Besides English, which other language was Rights of Man published in?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) French.

14. Which term that Burke used to label the French people did Paine consider to be an insult?
(a) Pack.
(b) Flock.
(c) Riot.
(d) Mob.

15. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
(a) The French Constitution was better.
(b) The French Constitution was more difficult to understand.
(c) The English Constitution was not being applied.
(d) The English Constitution was incomplete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?

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. As Paine wrote, what kind of impact would the French Revolution have?

4. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?

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

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