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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 say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?
(a) Truth.
(b) Possibility.
(c) Reason.
(d) Victory.

2. Ending the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Paine think was missing from Burke's objection to the French Revolution?
(a) Intent.
(b) Validity.
(c) Support.
(d) Honor.

3. What did Paine say was crucial to a good constitution at the end of Of Constitutions?
(a) The power to revise it.
(b) The power to understand it.
(c) The power to believe in it.
(d) The power to enforce it.

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

5. Why did Paine choose to write a Miscellaneous Chapter of miscellaneous thoughts?
(a) To guide the previous parts of the book.
(b) To include things he had observed after writing previous parts of the book.
(c) To preserve the flow of previous parts of the book.
(d) To act as a reference for previous parts of the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Paine pointed out in the Miscellaneous Chapter, what did Burke think the government had a monopoly on?

2. As Paine explained in Of Society and Civilization, what has nature given man to ensure the cooperation needed to survive?

3. Considering the point that Paine made in Of Constitutions, what were governments designed to promote under a constitution?

4. Which one of the following was not included in Paine's description of how America was prospering in Of Society and Civilization?

5. How did Paine describe human authority while correcting Burke's misrepresentation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

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