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

2. What does Paine profess about himself in The Crisis?
(a) He does believe in miracles.
(b) He is superstitious.
(c) He does not believe in miracles.
(d) He is not superstitious.

3. What does Paine think about the idea of being a king through heredity?
(a) He thinks it is unnatural, but not absurd.
(b) He thinks it is reasonable and unflawed.
(c) He thinks it is flawed, but not unreasonable.
(d) He thinks it is absurd and unnatural.

4. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?
(a) Talking to the dead.
(b) Giving medicine to the dead.
(c) Reasoning with a wall.
(d) Talking to a wall.

5. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?
(a) An absence of government.
(b) Absolute governments.
(c) Partial governments.
(d) A self-sufficient government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?

2. What are the questions about in Paine's last letter to the people of England?

3. What grows along with a society?

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

5. In the Introduction, what does Paine state about the thoughts of the book?

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