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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. As mentioned in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what year did the Glorious Revolution take place?

2. What were Paine's thoughts about the idea of nations flourishing on commerce alone?

3. Based on the information in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe, what should be the aim of the new governments of Europe?

4. How did Paine refer to tax revenue in the European governments?

5. What idea did Paine think the European government should be constructed on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paine discuss social order in Chapter 1?

2. Which taxes and regulations did Paine think should be reduced or abolished in England?

3. What was Paine's definition of Constitution in Of Constitutions?

4. How did Paine describe Republicanism as a response to Burke at the end of Chapter 3?

5. How was the Constitution passed and what concerns did people have about it at the time?

6. How did Paine end Rights of Man with the optimism of the coming Revolutions and Republics?

7. What description of early America did Paine provide in order to prove how a society could maintain itself without government?

8. Why did Paine think that America was the only country that could have tried the new form of government he supported?

9. What was Paine's opinion of George Washington?

10. How much time had passed between Part One and Part Two of Rights of Man, and how did Burke respond to Part One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the backgrounds of Paine and Burke, including an analysis of the role that the past had in their opinions of the American Revolution and the French Revolution, and Paine's surprise about Burke's criticism.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Dr. Price, the societies mentioned with him in Rights of Man, the rights that he outlined, Burke's objection of his positions and Paine's defense of them.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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