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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. Based on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, whose will did the law express?
(a) The government.
(b) The previous officials.
(c) The community.
(d) Other governments.

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

3. 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) Current, irrelevant documents of law.
(d) Past, dead documents of law.

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 hardly mentioned it.
(d) He mentioned it, but with the wrong facts.

5. What analogy did Paine draw between the American Revolution and the French Revolution in Rights of Man?
(a) They were both fought for similar reasons.
(b) They happened in the same place.
(c) They happened at the same time.
(d) They both lasted for the same amount of time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

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

4. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?

5. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Paine write the Miscellaneous Chapter?

3. How did natural rights lead to civil rights in a society?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Which criticism did Paine make about Burke's view of the French Constitution at the end of Rights of Man?

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

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

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

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