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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the English Constitution did Paine cite as a significant achievement?
(a) Petition of Right.
(b) Magna Carta.
(c) Bill of Rights.
(d) Charter of Liberties.

2. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Its relevance.
(b) Its limit.
(c) Its origin.
(d) Its extent.

3. What distinction did Paine make in the Preface?
(a) Between the state and the religion.
(b) Between the state, the nation and the government.
(c) Between the state and the nation.
(d) Between the nation and the government.

4. What was the compact between the people of the United States that Paine mentioned in Of Constitutions?
(a) To create and sustain a philosophy.
(b) To create and sustain a government.
(c) To develop a system based on laws.
(d) To develop a system based on taxes.

5. Although Paine supported the Revolutions and their intentions, what did he make clear about his opinion of war?
(a) He would be opposed to another war.
(b) He was tired of war.
(c) He was waiting for another war.
(d) He was no friend of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which event did Paine refer to in Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments as he discussed the formation of the English government?

2. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?

3. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?

4. Which office were foreigners prohibited from having under the American Constitution?

5. In Paine's opinion, when did a society need government even less?

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