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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He would be opposed to another war.
(b) He was no friend of war.
(c) He was tired of war.
(d) He was waiting for another war.

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

3. As commented on by Paine, how did Burke refer to the events concerning the Bastille?
(a) He hardly mentioned it.
(b) He mentioned it, but with one wrong fact.
(c) He mentioned it, but with the wrong facts.
(d) He mentioned it too much.

4. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?
(a) That the government never had authority.
(b) That the government ever had authority.
(c) That the government was based on authority.
(d) That the government was never based on authority.

5. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Right to a fair trial.
(c) Freedom of the press.
(d) Right to bear arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work was Rights of Man?

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

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

4. What type of kindness did Paine think the English government had towards the French government?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paine indicate his intent for writing the Rights of Man in the second preface?

2. What was Paine's explanation of reason and ignorance in the Conclusion of Part One?

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

4. How did Paine describe the main articles in the Declaration of Rights?

5. What were the differences in the three forms of government authority that Paine mentioned in Rights of Man?

6. How did Paine defend the French people against the insulting term that Burke used to describe them?

7. What was another reason that Paine gave for writing Rights of Man in the third preface?

8. How did the second preface of Rights of Man begin?

9. What were some of Paine's problems with Burke's views of governmental wisdom?

10. What caused Thomas Paine to write Rights of Man?

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