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

2. Why does Paine think the British are incapable of ruling America justly?
(a) They are too weak.
(b) They are too powerful.
(c) They are too jealous.
(d) They are not economically sound.

3. How many people witnessed and documented the Resurrection?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

4. What does a strong government assure against?
(a) Poverty, but not civil war or treason.
(b) Civil war, but not poverty.
(c) Civil war, poverty, and treason.
(d) Civil war and poverty.

5. As mentioned by Paine in Age of Reason, what did Jesus preach?
(a) Only morality.
(b) Benevolence and morality.
(c) Only benevolence.
(d) Paine is unaware of the teachings of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine think about the idea of being a king through heredity?

2. What river are the American troops preparing to cross as Paine describes their trials and tribulations?

3. According to British law, how long do the children of the king have the right to rule over every common person?

4. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?

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

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