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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 saddens Paine about the analogies made to good and solid government?
(a) They involve Britain.
(b) They involve France and Spain.
(c) They involve Greece and Rome.
(d) They involve Britain, Greece, Rome, France, and Spain.

2. What does the term canonization refer to?
(a) The process in which a person becomes a saint.
(b) The ceremony performed before a person can request to become a saint.
(c) The ceremony performed after a person is declared a saint.
(d) The process in which a person requests to become a saint.

3. What does Paine find interesting about the Immaculate Conception?
(a) It cannot be disproven.
(b) It can be disproven.
(c) Its meaning has changed with time.
(d) Its meaning has not changed with time.

4. Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published?
(a) Paris.
(b) Strasbourg.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Grenoble.

5. What form does Satan take on in reappearing?
(a) A crow.
(b) A snake.
(c) A raven.
(d) A wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people witnessed and documented the Resurrection?

2. In the Christian tale, where is Satan banished to by the Almighty?

3. What does Burke continue to perpetuate with his actions?

4. How does Paine respond to the people who cannot follow his logic?

5. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?

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