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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 Articles IV, V and VI do in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Evaluate the first three articles.
(b) Shorten the first three articles.
(c) Extend the first three articles.
(d) Replace the first three articles.

2. Since the people are sovereign, what were the only type of actions that Paine thought should be stopped by the law?
(a) Actions that reduce the government.
(b) Actions that remove the government's authority.
(c) Actions that hurt society or the government.
(d) Actions that hurt society.

3. As explained by Paine in Of Constitutions, what made the constitutions binding?
(a) Nations had no interest in being misled.
(b) Nations had no interest in being wrong.
(c) Nations put their success as a priority.
(d) Nations put their coexistence as a priority.

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

5. When in 1174 did Congress meet to offer recommendations about the new Constitution?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?

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

3. How many houses of Congress were part of the Constitution that was ratified at the constitutional convention?

4. How did Paine describe the monarchical government that the American Constitution avoided in Of Constitutions?

5. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?

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