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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to prove the senselessness of Burke's position on the monarchy, what did Paine maintain could not be done to individual rights?
(a) They could not be borrowed or annihilated.
(b) They could not be transferred or annihilated.
(c) They could not be borrowed, transferred or annihilated.
(d) They could not be borrowed or transferred.

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. As mentioned by Paine in Of the Old and New Systems of Government, which type of monarchy did Abbe Sieyes prefer?
(a) Generational.
(b) Elective.
(c) Selective.
(d) Hereditary.

4. As Paine explained in Of Society and Civilization, what has nature given man to ensure the cooperation needed to survive?
(a) Wants that preceed the ability to provide.
(b) A desire to develop the undeveloped.
(c) Wants that exceed the ability to provide.
(d) A desire to create a better way.

5. What two things did Paine think were at the root of old governments in Of the Old and New Systems of Government?
(a) Power and self-aggrandizement.
(b) Greed and delusion.
(c) Power and self-promotiion.
(d) Greed and deception.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forms of objection were there to the Articles of Confederation?

2. Why did Paine have an accurate account of the Revolution he discussed in Rights of Man?

3. When did the burning and devastation of London take place that Paine referred to in his attempt to disprove Burke's opinion of the French people?

4. To show the effectiveness of a government without a monarchy, how did Paine refer to the United States of America?

5. In Rights of Man, what did Paine say society granted men?

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