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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paine say was crucial to a good constitution at the end of Of Constitutions?
(a) The power to believe in it.
(b) The power to understand it.
(c) The power to enforce it.
(d) The power to revise it.

2. What forms of objection were there to the Articles of Confederation?
(a) Neither pamphlets nor publications.
(b) Pamphlets and publications.
(c) Publications, but not pamphlets.
(d) Pamphlets, but not publications.

3. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?
(a) Validity.
(b) Support.
(c) Honor.
(d) Intent.

4. Which word did Paine use to describe the monarchy in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Scam.
(b) Illusion.
(c) Fallacy.
(d) Fraud.

5. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?
(a) Trade.
(b) Power.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?

2. Where was the constitutional convention held?

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

4. What did Paine think Burke had drastically underestimated by calling the French Revolution a violent revolt?

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

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