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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?
(a) To act as a reference for previous parts of the book.
(b) To guide the previous parts of the book.
(c) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.
(d) To include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.

2. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Conditions.
(c) Limits.
(d) Rights.

3. Which one of the Founding Fathers was intended to receive Marquis de la Fayette's declaration of rights?
(a) John Adams.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Challenging Burke's view that the government had knowledge, what did Paine insist that Burke could not prove?

2. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

3. Which Pennsylvania town did Paine refer to in Of Constitutions as having its own committee?

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

5. What did Paine think could be abolished by a European Congress?

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