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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 the cause of the removal of aristocratic title for the French people?
(a) Natural differences.
(b) Human differences.
(c) Human equality.
(d) Natural equality.

2. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?
(a) It would be misplaced.
(b) It would be replaced.
(c) It would be lost.
(d) It would be altered.

3. What did Paine discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?
(a) How it was structured before the Revolution.
(b) How it was structured after the Revolution.
(c) How its structure remained intact after the Revolution.
(d) How it would have been structured without the Revolution.

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

5. Which one of the following is not included in Paine's list of the general forms of government authority?
(a) Common Interest.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the Founding Fathers was intended to receive Marquis de la Fayette's declaration of rights?

2. Besides defending themselves, what else did Paine say the people were defending by storming the Bastille?

3. Referencing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France, what did Paine state was the purpose of government?

4. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?

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

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