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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How well were Paine's views on religion known when Age of Reason was written?
(a) His views on religion were only known by his friends.
(b) His views on religion were not known.
(c) He was well known for advocating freedom of religion.
(d) He was well known for not advocating freedom of religion.

2. How does Paine consider those who follow the Christian tales?
(a) He does not have disdain for them.
(b) He has pity for them.
(c) He admires them.
(d) He does have disdain for them.

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

4. When does Paine believe every person should be issued property?
(a) At ten years of age.
(b) At twenty years of age.
(c) At birth.
(d) At fifteen years of age.

5. What does Paine surmise Burke's view of government entails?
(a) People should only control some forms of government.
(b) Government should be controlled by the people.
(c) People should be controlled by government.
(d) Government should only control some people.

6. On which concept was the old Whig party based?
(a) A two-party system.
(b) Representation.
(c) Heredity.
(d) A three-party system.

7. What part of the American Revolution received the most attention, according to Paine?
(a) The separation of America from England.
(b) The formation of a new government in America.
(c) The sacrifices made by the American people.
(d) The sacrifices made by the American soldiers.

8. Which Indians does Paine use as an example in Agrarian Justice?
(a) The North American Indians.
(b) The South American Indians.
(c) The West American Indians.
(d) The East American Indians.

9. What does Paine believe about revelation?
(a) It can only be achieved secondhand.
(b) It cannot be achieved in church.
(c) It can only be achieved in church.
(d) It cannot be achieved secondhand.

10. Without a guarantee of a better life, how does Paine compare the lives of people in a civilized society with life in the wilderness?
(a) They would not be better off living in the wilderness.
(b) They would be slightly better off living in the wilderness.
(c) They would almost be better off living in the wilderness.
(d) They would be much better off living in the wilderness.

11. What must be in place once a country becomes civilized?
(a) A system to change the natural state.
(b) A system to prevent the natural state from returning.
(c) A system to preserve the natural state.
(d) A system to prove the validity of the natural state.

12. Which one of Burke's books contained several pages quoted from the Rights of Man?
(a) Further Reflections on the French Revolution.
(b) A Vindication of Natural Society.
(c) Thoughts on the Present Discontents.
(d) Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs.

13. How many books did Burke publish after the Rights of Man was released?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

14. Who does a person that owns property owe ground rent to?
(a) The rest of society.
(b) Those who can afford to purchase the land for more than it is worth.
(c) Those who cannot afford land of their own.
(d) The government.

15. According to Paine, what age should a person be to receive compensation for an disinheritance?
(a) Twenty-one years of age.
(b) Thirty years of age.
(c) Twenty-five years of age.
(d) Eighteen years of age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine explain about the Almighty's response after Eve bites the apple?

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

3. Besides the length, what is the reason Paine wanted to separate the sections of the Rights of Man?

4. In what way does the concept of holding property disinherit people?

5. How much of the New Testament did Jesus write?

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