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

2. After pointing out the weaknesses of Burke's position, what did Paine indicate about Burke's principle of past English laws?
(a) It diminished itself.
(b) It defeated itself.
(c) It contradicted itself.
(d) It outsmarted itself.

3. What did Paine think was the origin of the delegated power of government?
(a) Amendments.
(b) Elections.
(c) Constitution.
(d) Treaties.

4. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Derivative.
(c) Secondary.
(d) Non-existent.

5. How many counties did Pennsylvania initially have before the American Constitution was formed?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?

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

3. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?

4. What was the compact between the people of the United States that Paine mentioned in Of Constitutions?

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

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