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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age can a monarch be appointed in Britain?
(a) At age twenty.
(b) At any age.
(c) At age fifteen.
(d) At age ten.

2. How does Paine describe the Quakers?
(a) Quiet but offensive.
(b) Inoffensive but loud.
(c) Quiet and inoffensive.
(d) Offensive and loud.

3. How does Paine describe tyranny?
(a) An opponent that is easily defeated.
(b) An opponent that is not easily defeated now, but will be in the future.
(c) An opponent that once could have been easily defeated, but no longer.
(d) An opponent that is not easily defeated.

4. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?
(a) Germany.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Holland.

5. According to Paine, what should not be confused with religion?
(a) A warm soul.
(b) A cold soul.
(c) A full soul.
(d) An empty soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a strong government assure against?

2. What does society promote?

3. What types of goals should the members of the elected have?

4. What does Paine wish America could have used against the British?

5. What point does Paine use Joan of Arc as an example to support?

(see the answer key)

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