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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Constitutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?
(a) Half miscellany.
(b) Some miscellany.
(c) Mostly miscellany.
(d) All miscellany.

2. What did Paine say made actions right or wrong with Burke's flawed line of thinking?
(a) Speculation.
(b) Stipulation.
(c) The past.
(d) The future.

3. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?
(a) Their land.
(b) Their money.
(c) Their freedom.
(d) Their past.

4. What did Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Evaluate the first three articles.
(b) Extend the first three articles.
(c) Shorten the first three articles.
(d) Replace the first three articles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine characterize constitutions and governments in Of Constitutions?

2. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

3. Based on Paine's assessment, how were the people's opinion of government changing as a result of the American and French Revolutions?

4. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?

5. As explained by Paine, what is the purpose of civil rights?

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