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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressed Paine about the National Assembly in Rights of Man?
(a) Their ability to prevent revolt.
(b) Their ability to restrain revolt.
(c) Their objectivity.
(d) Their patience.

2. 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?
(a) To ensure that no citizen earns more than a decided amount.
(b) To decide which rights are natural and inalienable.
(c) To provide funds for those that are lacking.
(d) To protect and promote natural, inalienable human rights.

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

4. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) A fantastic achievement.
(b) A spectacular accomplishment.
(c) An unprecedented event.
(d) An outstanding triumph.

5. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?
(a) To rebel against principles that empowered tyrants, not men themselves.
(b) To rebel against neither the principles that empowered tyrants nor the men themselves.
(c) To rebel against the men themselves, not the principles that empowered tyrants.
(d) To rebel against both the principles that empowered tyrants and men themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

2. What did Paine think the English's reliance on law by precedence led to?

3. What did Paine say was crucial to a good constitution at the end of Of Constitutions?

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

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

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