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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Age of Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does England constantly need a foe to battle?
(a) To increase trade agreements.
(b) To provide a reason for its high taxes.
(c) To increase jobs through war.
(d) To prove their place in the world.

2. How much of the New Testament did Jesus write?
(a) Very little.
(b) Only the first half.
(c) None.
(d) Only the second half.

3. What does Paine hope the English people will realize from Burke's pamphlet?
(a) How difficult the English laws are to change.
(b) How archaic the English laws are.
(c) How complicated the English laws are.
(d) How easy the English laws are to change.

4. What does Paine attribute his literary career to?
(a) The revolution, his dedication to independence, and the will of the American people.
(b) Only the revolution.
(c) The revolution and his dedication to independence.
(d) Only his dedication to independence.

5. How did the men in the American army fight Howe?
(a) They fought for an ideal, not property.
(b) They fought for an ideal and property.
(c) They fought neither for an ideal nor property.
(d) They fought for property, not an ideal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose sermon given to celebrate the anniversary of the English Revolution does Burke misrepresent?

2. What is the English government's position on the French Revolution?

3. How does Paine categorize Howe's victories?

4. Which country has England chosen as its new foe when Paine writes the Rights of Man?

5. When did the English Revolution take place?

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