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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 claim does Paine make about cultivation?
(a) It is an unnecessary thing.
(b) It is one of the best things to ever be invented.
(c) It is a necessary thing.
(d) It is one of the worst things to ever be invented.

2. In Paine's opinion, how is the admiration of a story determined?
(a) The more admired a story is, the less it will be doubted.
(b) The more fantastic a story is, the less it will be admired.
(c) The more admired a story is, the more it will be doubted.
(d) The more fantastic a story is, the more it will be admired.

3. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?
(a) There can be no laws without government.
(b) Only on a professional level.
(c) On a personal and professional level.
(d) Only on a personal level.

4. How many years does Paine think the aristocracy or monarchy will last after the writing of his pamphlet?
(a) Not more than ten years.
(b) Not more than seven years.
(c) Not more than twenty five years.
(d) Not more than twelve years.

5. What term refers to a property that does not need to be maintained by the owner?
(a) Landed property.
(b) Unfixed property.
(c) Unlanded property.
(d) Fixed property.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well were Paine's views on religion known when Age of Reason was written?

2. What part of the American Revolution received the most attention, according to Paine?

3. How did the conquerors treat defeated enemies in the earliest known governments?

4. According to Paine, which Greek mythological figure did the Virgin Mary replace in Christianity?

5. What label does Paine give to revelations that have not been witnessed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Paine believe that mystery and Miracles are incompatible with religion?

2. How does Paine feel about the bad laws that exist and whether to follow them?

3. How does Paine consider cultivation and dispossession?

4. What is the concept of land ownership and rent owned, and how does it compare to the approach to land that people had in ancient times?

5. What opinion does Paine have of people who believe and follow Christianity?

6. How does Paine handle the responses to the Rights of Man by Burke and others?

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

8. What are Paine's thoughts on the Immaculate Conception and the Resurrection?

9. What issue does Paine address concerning the Old and New Testaments?

10. What are Paine's religious views when writing Age of Reason?

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