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

2. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Government cannot be governed by too many principles.
(b) Government cannot be governed by too little principles.
(c) Government is governed by too many principles.
(d) Government is governed by no principles.

3. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?
(a) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.
(b) They could not be borrowed or transferred.
(c) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.
(d) They could not be transferred or annihilated.

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

5. What did Paine do to help the cause being fought for in the American Revolution?
(a) He made an ethical case for it, planned its strategy, and supported the troops.
(b) He made a political case for it and planned its strategy.
(c) He made a political case for it and supported the troops.
(d) He supported the troops and planned the war's strategy.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?

2. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?

3. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

4. What type of work was Rights of Man?

5. As explained by Paine in the Conclusion of Part One, which two forces was mankind influenced by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Paine name the new era that was taking place and the future of the Revolutions at the end of Part One's Conclusion?

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

4. What was the essence of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens?

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

6. Which positive examples of the French Constitution did Paine include in Rights of Man?

7. Who did Paine say his audience was in the third preface and what was his response to the backlash his readers were experiencing?

8. What rights did Dr. Price think the people of England had, and how did Burke disagree?

9. What explanation did Paine given in Rights of Man about natural rights and human authority?

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

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