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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 the Resurrection?
(a) It was a private event.
(b) It was a timeless event.
(c) It was an incomparable event.
(d) It was a public event.

2. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?
(a) Holland.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

3. What is the Rights of Man considered?
(a) A novel.
(b) A speech.
(c) An essay.
(d) A treatise.

4. Whose sermon given to celebrate the anniversary of the English Revolution does Burke misrepresent?
(a) Daniel Conway.
(b) Richard Price.
(c) Joseph Priestley.
(d) James Mackintosh.

5. Through his belief in God, what does Paine hope for?
(a) A joyful end of life.
(b) To make a difference in his lifetime.
(c) A joyful afterlife.
(d) To convince others to believe in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paine categorize Howe's victories?

2. How does Paine think that Christians are taught about the tales they learn?

3. As Paine states in The Crisis, what word should never replace the word "Christian"?

4. What does Paine wish America could have used against the British?

5. How many times does Burke mention the Bastille in his book?

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