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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Considering the point that Paine made in Of Constitutions, what were governments designed to promote under a constitution?
(a) Only the collective good.
(b) Only the individual good.
(c) The individual and collective good.
(d) Neither the individual nor the collective good.

2. How did Paine describe the mismanagement of government finances in countries like England and France?
(a) Uncontrollable.
(b) Expected.
(c) Limited.
(d) Shocking.

3. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?
(a) Fictional.
(b) Biographical.
(c) Autobiographical.
(d) Philosophical.

4. Which one of the following was not included in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?
(a) The poor were not oppressed.
(b) The rich were not privileged.
(c) The industry was extensive.
(d) The taxes were low.

5. What did Paine say made actions right or wrong with Burke's flawed line of thinking?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) Speculation.
(d) Stipulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which aspect of the government's presumed knowledge could not be accounted for by Burke, according to the listing of his view's problems in the Miscellaneous Chapter?

2. Which rights did Paine include as ones that the government should guarantee from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizens, by the National Assembly of France?

3. Which two functions did Paine outline for governments in Of Constitutions?

4. To make a point about the absurdity of Burke's argument, what did Paine say could not happen in England without consent?

5. What happened to responsibility when a country attempted to blend both influences that Paine referenced in the Conclusion of Part One?

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