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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Paine think the English government viewed the French Revolution?
(a) He did not comment on their view.
(b) They supported it.
(c) They did not support it.
(d) They supported only certain aspects of it.

3. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?
(a) Controversial.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Confusing.

4. To begin the Preface, what was Paine's response to Burke's lack of support for the French Revolution?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disapppointment.
(d) Shock.

5. What did Burke think about England's past laws?
(a) They should only be altered every one hundred years.
(b) They should only be altered every two hundred years.
(c) They could be altered.
(d) They could not be altered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Using history to support his opinion, what did Paine find unsurprising about how governments began?

2. What is a good description of the second part of Rights of Man?

3. Where was the constitutional convention held?

4. 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?

5. In Paine's opinion, what did Burke's position on England's past laws justify?

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