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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the French Constitution that Paine referred to, how often must the National Assembly be elected?
(a) Every four years.
(b) Every year.
(c) Every two years.
(d) Every three years.

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

3. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?
(a) Society for Law and Justice.
(b) Freedom Society.
(c) American Revolution Society.
(d) Society for Constitutional Information.

4. Why did Paine think that Burke refused to compare the French and British Constitutions?
(a) The English Constitution was incomplete.
(b) The French Constitution was better.
(c) The French Constitution was more difficult to understand.
(d) The English Constitution was not being applied.

5. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?
(a) They could not be transferred or annihilated.
(b) They could not be borrowed or transferred.
(c) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.
(d) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine wrote in Rights of Man, what must each generation set for themselves to avoid being servants of the past?

2. According to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did tyranny in the English government cause?

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

4. What did Burke think about England's past laws?

5. What did Paine think should be used to justify laws?

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