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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Paine intend to defend the rights he wrote about in Rights of Man?
(a) Through justifications.
(b) Through reason.
(c) Through comparisons.
(d) Through persistence.

2. How did Paine describe the monarchical government that the American Constitution avoided in Of Constitutions?
(a) Ridiculous injustice.
(b) Insulting mistake.
(c) Senseless abomination.
(d) Childish embarrassment.

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

4. What concern did many people in the states have about the newly ratified Constitution?
(a) It would be interpreted differently by the government.
(b) It was too long.
(c) It was too short.
(d) It would be interpreted literally by the government.

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. Instead of rights, what did Paine say was included in Burke's arguments?

2. In the beginning of Rights of Man, how did Paine describe Burke's pamphlet?

3. What did the Declaration of Independence lead to for the representative government that prevailed?

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

5. In order to clarify an important aspect of the French Revolution, what did Paine say was the intention of the French people?

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