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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paine describe Burke's analysis of France?
(a) Darkness attempting to destroy light.
(b) Darkness attempting to illuminate light.
(c) Darkness attempting to deny light.
(d) Darkness attempting to conceal light.

2. How many years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?
(a) The last three.
(b) The last four.
(c) The first three.
(d) The first four.

3. How many people witnessed and documented the Resurrection?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. What does society promote?
(a) Unity.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Equality.
(d) Segregation.

5. How many of the pamphlets printed in response to the Rights of Man does Paine consider worth remembering?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) None.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ancient tyrannies does Paine think comprise the English Constitution?

2. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?

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

4. Where is the church located to which Paine subscribes?

5. According to the second part of the Rights of Man, when was Combining Principals and Practice written?

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