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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which other war had Burke previously supported?
2. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?
3. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?
4. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?
5. According to the French Constitution that Paine referred to, how often must the National Assembly be elected?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How did Paine defend the French people against the insulting term that Burke used to describe them?
3. How did the English people differ with the English government about the French Revolution?
4. What was the difference of opinion that Paine and Burke had about the Bastille?
5. What caused Thomas Paine to write Rights of Man?
6. What explanation did Paine given in Rights of Man about natural rights and human authority?
7. Which rights did Paine include in the third preface for Rights of Man?
8. How did Paine indicate his intent for writing the Rights of Man in the second preface?
9. Which inefficiencies of the English government did Paine discuss in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
10. How did the second preface of Rights of Man begin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the third preface to Rights of Man, Paine established his resentment of the backlash that his readers have received.
1) Describe the general preface for the book and the mistreatment of some of Paine's readers.
2) Explain Paine's response to the unfair treatment of his readers in other countries.
3) Analyze the literary reasons for having three prefaces in a book or document, and how they apply to Rights of Man.
Essay Topic 2
Explain three examples of mistakes that Burke made in his description of the French Revolution, Paine's correction of the mistakes, and what their inaccuracy showed about Burke's opinions.
Essay Topic 3
Part Two of Rights of Man began with an Introduction about America's success and the reasons behind it.
1) Describe the aspects of America that Paine thought helped them succeed in forming a new government.
2) Explain why Paine expressed that America was the only place that could have tried a new form of government at that time.
3) Analyze the success of America as it is highlighted by Paine in the Introduction of Part Two of Rights of Man.
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