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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crucial point did Paine make about power in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Power cannot be misguided.
(b) Power cannot be inherited.
(c) Power cannot be corrupt.
(d) Power cannot be given.

2. What did Paine say was the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?
(a) Human differences.
(b) Natural differences.
(c) Natural equality.
(d) Human equality.

3. Which office were foreigners prohibited from having under the American Constitution?
(a) Senator.
(b) President.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayor.

4. What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed?
(a) A sense of completion.
(b) A sense of goodness.
(c) A sense of cohesiveness.
(d) A sense of power.

5. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Controversial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Building on the foundation of Part One, in what style was Part Two of Rights of Man written?

2. How did Paine summarize Burke's views in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

3. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?

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

5. How many counties did Pennsylvania initially have before the American Constitution was formed?

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