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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained by Paine in the Conclusion of Part One, which two forces was mankind influenced by?
(a) Curiosity and ignorance.
(b) Reason and knowledge.
(c) Reason and ignorance.
(d) Curiosity and knowledge.

2. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?
(a) Everything.
(b) Very little.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A lot.

3. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?
(a) Exaggerations, bigotry, and hatred.
(b) Lies, exaggerations, and hatred.
(c) Lies, bigotry, and exaggerations.
(d) Lies, bigotry, and hatred.

4. What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed?
(a) A sense of power.
(b) A sense of cohesiveness.
(c) A sense of completion.
(d) A sense of goodness.

5. How many nations did Paine believe had the right to establish constitutions?
(a) Only a few of them.
(b) Most of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Several of them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Considering the point that Paine made in Of Constitutions, what were governments designed to promote under a constitution?

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

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

5. As commented on by Paine, how did Burke refer to the events concerning the Bastille?

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