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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Age of Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paine believe each generation should have?
(a) Its own values, but the ideals of the preceding government.
(b) Its own ideals, but the values of the preceding government.
(c) Its own ideals, values, and choices in government.
(d) The ideals and values of the preceding government.

2. According to the second part of the Rights of Man, when was Combining Principals and Practice written?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1799.

3. Why does Paine think the British are incapable of ruling America justly?
(a) They are too powerful.
(b) They are too weak.
(c) They are not economically sound.
(d) They are too jealous.

4. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?
(a) He is superstitious.
(b) He does not believe in miracles.
(c) He does believe in miracles.
(d) He is not superstitious.

5. Which years of the American Revolution did America have no government?
(a) The first three.
(b) The last two.
(c) The first two.
(d) The last three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Burke's books contained several pages quoted from the Rights of Man?

2. What season does Paine use in the metaphor that ends the second part of the Rights of Man?

3. Through his belief in God, what does Paine hope for?

4. What are the questions about in Paine's last letter to the people of England?

5. Why do Englishmen defend their king?

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