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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paine think is odd about the conversation between Eve and Satan?
(a) Eve is not confused.
(b) The extensive length of the conversation.
(c) The shortness of the conversation.
(d) Eve is not frightened.

2. Who does Paine think should be eligible to receive compensation for their disinheritance?
(a) Only land owners.
(b) Everyone, including land owners.
(c) Only land owners and those who plan to purchase land.
(d) Everyone, excluding land owners.

3. After being banished by the Almighty, where did Satan later reappear?
(a) In a garden.
(b) In a river.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In a forest.

4. 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 almost be better off living in the wilderness.
(b) They would not be better off living in the wilderness.
(c) They would be much better off living in the wilderness.
(d) They would be slightly better off living in the wilderness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Paine compare kings?

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

3. What claim does Paine make about cultivation?

4. How does Paine describe life in an uncivilized culture?

5. What is the reason for the ground rent a land owner should owe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the historical significance of the life of Jesus?

2. What is Paine's writing style throughout Common Sense and his other collected works, and how will Paine be remembered?

3. What are some of the doubts Paine expresses about prophecies?

4. What is Paine's belief about land distribution at birth and why does he think it is impractical?

5. What bold prediction does Paine make about the future of the monarchy and why?

6. What is Paine's theory on how people who have been cheated of their land inheritance should be compensated?

7. What is the proof of God's existence that Paine also believes is a guide for people to live their lives?

8. How does Paine define a revelation?

9. What is impressive about the way George Washington became the first president of the United States of America and the way he was compensated?

10. Why does Paine have a favorable opinion of the Marquis de La Fayette and what is the one area where the two differ?

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