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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 does Paine believe about revelation?
(a) It cannot be achieved secondhand.
(b) It can only be achieved in church.
(c) It can only be achieved secondhand.
(d) It cannot be achieved in church.

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

3. How does Paine think that Christians are taught about the tales they learn?
(a) As questionable events.
(b) As history.
(c) As lessons.
(d) As events open to many interpretations.

4. What are the rumors about the reason behind Burke's pamphlet?
(a) He did it to receive notoriety.
(b) He did it out of loyalty for his country.
(c) He did it out of hatred for other countries.
(d) He did it for financial reasons.

5. What do the English people indicate with their silence?
(a) Their acceptance of the laws.
(b) Their objection to the laws.
(c) Their inability to understand the laws.
(d) Their inability to change the laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Paine think the aristocracy or monarchy will last after the writing of his pamphlet?

2. After being banished by the Almighty, where did Satan later reappear?

3. How many rebuttals did Burke make to Paine's Rights of Man?

4. How old is the president of the United States required to be in order to presumably prevent inexperienced people from having the position?

5. Which proverb does Paine refer to when commenting on the acts of Howe and Burgoyne?

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