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6. The constitution of the Weimar Republic … in 1949.
a brought into court
b brought into effect
c brought into line
d brought into force

7. Constitution is the body of… and practices that form the fundamental
organizing principles of a political state.
a tenets
b teachings
c doctrines
d dogmas

8. This Bill prevented the monarch from making laws or raising an army
without Parliament's … .
a approval
b approbation c commendation
d sanction

9. The Reform Acts of 1832, 1867 and 1884 … the vote to large numbers
of male citizens.
a took
b brought c gave
d got out

Task 8. Read the text and discuss with your partner its main items as
well as the differences of the contemporary Constitution of Ukraine
and the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk.

The Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk or Pacts and Constitutions of
Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host was a 1710 constitutional
document written by Hetman Pylyp Orlyk. It established a democratic
standard for the separation of powers in government between the
legislative, executive, and judiciary branches. The Constitution also
limited the executive authority of the hetman, and established a
democratically elected Cossack parliament called the General Council.

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