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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After apologizing for the miscellany in the Miscellaneous Chapter, how did Paine describe Burke's book?
(a) Half miscellany.
(b) Some miscellany.
(c) All miscellany.
(d) Mostly miscellany.

2. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Very little.
(d) A lot.

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

4. What idea did Burke's views lead to, according to Paine in the Miscellaneous Chapter?
(a) Government is governed by too many principles.
(b) Government is governed by no principles.
(c) Government cannot be governed by too little principles.
(d) Government cannot be governed by too many principles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What three things did Paine believe would progress as a result of future Revolutions?

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

3. 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?

4. How did Paine describe the Declaration of Rights in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?

5. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?

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