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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many prefaces did the first part of Rights of Man have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

2. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?
(a) 1678.
(b) 1687.
(c) 1688.
(d) 1677.

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

4. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1770.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1730.

5. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?
(a) Their freedom.
(b) Their past.
(c) Their money.
(d) Their land.

6. Which other war had Burke previously supported?
(a) French and Indian War.
(b) American Revolution.
(c) Glorious Revolution.
(d) Seven Years War.

7. Because of the American and French Revolutions, what was being undermined about the old governments in Paine's opinion?
(a) History.
(b) Authority.
(c) Legitimacy.
(d) Control.

8. What impressed Paine about the National Assembly in Rights of Man?
(a) Their ability to prevent revolt.
(b) Their ability to restrain revolt.
(c) Their patience.
(d) Their objectivity.

9. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?
(a) Human equality.
(b) Natural equality.
(c) Natural differences.
(d) Human differences.

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

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

12. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They should only be altered every two hundred years.
(b) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(c) They could not be altered.
(d) They could be altered.

13. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?
(a) A new law that has never been passed.
(b) An old law that has never been followed.
(c) Past, dead documents of law.
(d) Current, irrelevant documents of law.

14. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?
(a) The U.S. will never resort to a monarchy.
(b) The U.S. was prospering without a monarchy.
(c) The U.S. was the only example of an overthrown monarchy.
(d) The U.S. had the ability to reverse the effects of a monarchy.

15. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?
(a) Tyrrany.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) War.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?

2. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?

3. What mood was the beginning of the second Preface of Rights of Man written by Paine?

4. Which French causes did Paine think were also representative of the entire world?

5. Which one of the following is not included in the rights that Dr. Price thought the English people had?

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