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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 discuss about the French government at the end of Rights of Man?
(a) How it was structured after the Revolution.
(b) How it would have been structured without the Revolution.
(c) How its structure remained intact after the Revolution.
(d) How it was structured before the Revolution.

2. How did Paine categorize Burke's speech to the English Parliament?
(a) Inexusable.
(b) Obnoxious.
(c) Rude.
(d) Violent.

3. What type of formal government did the frontier areas of America have before the American Revolution?
(a) The same as they did after the Revolution.
(b) Very little.
(c) None.
(d) More than they did after the Revolution.

4. How many articles did Paine discuss in Observations on the Declarations of Rights?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Over twelve.
(d) Eight.

5. How did Paine characterize constitutions and governments in Of Constitutions?
(a) They were complimentary.
(b) They were not distinct.
(c) They were not complimentary.
(d) They were distinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style was Part One of Rights of Man written in by Paine?

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

3. What did Paine say in the Preface that the people would have to see in order for Liberty to prevail?

4. Which right did the French people have that Paine cited as something the English people did not have?

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

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