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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?
(a) Money could not be used.
(b) Property could not be seized.
(c) War could not be declared.
(d) Incomes could not be taxed.

2. How long after the first part of Rights of Man was Part Two published?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

3. How did Paine summarize Burke's views in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Burke did not understand which rights individuals had.
(b) Burke claimed that individuals had no rights.
(c) Burke did not understand which rights individuals did not have.
(d) Burke claimed that individuals had only select rights.

4. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?
(a) He did not comment on it.
(b) The right amount.
(c) Not enough.
(d) Too much.

5. As mentioned in the Miscellaneous Chapter, when did the people of England overthrow the monarch?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1678.
(c) 1687.
(d) 1677.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the French Constitution that Paine referred to, how often must the National Assembly be elected?

2. What did Paine think were society's greatest laws?

3. Which two functions did Paine outline for governments in Of Constitutions?

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

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

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