Rights of Man Test | Final Test - Easy

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Rights of Man Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Paine describe America in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) A country of limitless progress.
(b) A country of limitless production.
(c) A country of rapid production.
(d) A country of rapid progress.

2. How did Paine think the national debt should be paid off in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) In installments.
(b) One quarter upfront and the rest in installments.
(c) All at once.
(d) Half upfront and the remainder in installments.

3. How did Paine describe the picture of corporate towns in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?
(a) Decay, chaos and oppression.
(b) Decay and oppression.
(c) Chaos and oppression.
(d) Decay and chaos.

4. What did Paine say was crucial to a good constitution at the end of Of Constitutions?
(a) The power to understand it.
(b) The power to revise it.
(c) The power to believe in it.
(d) The power to enforce it.

5. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?
(a) Provoking.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Popular.
(d) Educational.

6. Why did Paine think that America was the only place in the world where Independence could be tried?
(a) It had the most to gain.
(b) It had the most creative people.
(c) It was free of history.
(d) It was the correct size.

7. What forms of objection were there to the Articles of Confederation?
(a) Publications, but not pamphlets.
(b) Pamphlets and publications.
(c) Pamphlets, but not publications.
(d) Neither pamphlets nor publications.

8. As Paine explained in Of Society and Civilization, what has nature given man to ensure the cooperation needed to survive?
(a) Wants that preceed the ability to provide.
(b) A desire to develop the undeveloped.
(c) A desire to create a better way.
(d) Wants that exceed the ability to provide.

9. Which one of the following was not included in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?
(a) The taxes were low.
(b) The poor were not oppressed.
(c) The industry was extensive.
(d) The rich were not privileged.

10. According to Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, what was the American Presidency originally built on?
(a) A foundation of complex ideas.
(b) A foundation of simple ideas.
(c) A foundation of popularity.
(d) A foundation of wisdom.

11. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?
(a) The right amount.
(b) Too much.
(c) He did not comment on it.
(d) Not enough.

12. Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward?
(a) Varied interests.
(b) Reciprocal laws.
(c) Varied laws.
(d) Reciprocal interests.

13. Compared to previous Revolutions, what did Paine think future Revolutions would be like?
(a) Less expensive.
(b) Longer.
(c) More expensive.
(d) Shorter.

14. Using his own life experiences as proof of his expertise, what did Paine think the young people of Europe needed?
(a) Moral instruction.
(b) Lessons in reality.
(c) Rules and consequences.
(d) More examples to look to.

15. In proportion to the poor, what kind of taxes did Paine think the Peers should have paid?
(a) The same.
(b) Lower.
(c) Slightly higher.
(d) Much higher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Of Society and Civilization, what point did Paine make about social order?

2. Considering the point that Paine made in Of Constitutions, what were governments designed to promote under a constitution?

3. What two things did Paine think were at the root of old governments in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?

4. What did Paine urge the people of Europe to believe in?

5. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?

(see the answer keys)

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