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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 Paine think were society's greatest laws?
(a) The laws of reason.
(b) The laws of independence.
(c) The laws of equality.
(d) The laws of nature.

2. Depicting the flaw in Burke's way of thinking, what did Paine indicate was being ignored by Burke?
(a) Plots against the government.
(b) Plots on behalf of other governments.
(c) Plots on behalf of the government.
(d) Plots against other governments.

3. What was the compact between the people of the United States that Paine mentioned in Of Constitutions?
(a) To create and sustain a government.
(b) To develop a system based on taxes.
(c) To create and sustain a philosophy.
(d) To develop a system based on laws.

4. As he stated in the Preface, who did Paine specifically intend to give an accurate account of the war to by writing Rights of Man?
(a) The French.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The English.

5. How did Paine describe republicanism in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) It promotes the common good.
(b) It promotes the common thinking.
(c) It reinforces the notion of loyalty.
(d) It reinforces the notion of justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he noted in the Preface, where did Paine desire to collect his political thoughts?

2. Which one of the following is not included in Paine's list of the general forms of government authority?

3. Which Pennsylvania town did Paine refer to in Of Constitutions as having its own committee?

4. Along with Dr. Price, which society did Paine think that Burke maligned?

5. As mentioned by Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, which type of monarchy did Abbe Sieyes prefer?

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