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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paine refer to himself, with regards to Howe?
(a) A friend, enemy, and countryman.
(b) An enemy and countryman.
(c) A friend and an enemy.
(d) A friend and countryman.

2. How does Paine describe tyranny?
(a) An opponent that is not easily defeated now, but will be in the future.
(b) An opponent that is not easily defeated.
(c) An opponent that is easily defeated.
(d) An opponent that once could have been easily defeated, but no longer.

3. What does Paine believe should never separate the elected from the electors?
(a) Belief, action, or money.
(b) Belief, but not action.
(c) Action, but not belief.
(d) Belief or action.

4. According to Paine, what should not be confused with religion?
(a) A full soul.
(b) A warm soul.
(c) A cold soul.
(d) An empty soul.

5. What grows along with a society?
(a) A need for more regulations.
(b) A need for more taxation.
(c) A need for less taxation.
(d) A need for fewer regulations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does government promote?

2. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?

3. How many years of the Revolution does Paine discuss in a letter to the Inhabitants of America?

4. How does Paine describe the Quakers?

5. What does Paine believe would end government through hereditary?

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