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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following was a type of preface that Rights of Man included?
(a) Limited.
(b) Extended.
(c) Illustrated.
(d) General.

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

3. What was the first part of Rights of Man written to accomplish?
(a) To address the people that disagreed with Burke.
(b) To correct Burke's grammatical errors.
(c) To address the people that agreed with Burke.
(d) To correct Burke's factual errors.

4. In Paine's opinion, when did a society need government even less?
(a) When it had an established trade agreement.
(b) When it had good moral character.
(c) When it had an effective military.
(d) When it had vast resources.

5. When in 1174 did Congress meet to offer recommendations about the new Constitution?
(a) February.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the mutual dependence of man, what did Paine think would drive social order forward?

2. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?

3. According to Paine, where did Burke derive his arguments from?

4. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?

5. Which plot was uncovered with the storming of the Bastille?

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