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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 is the English government's position on the French Revolution?
(a) Almost all of the English government supports it.
(b) Half of the English government supports it.
(c) The English government supports it.
(d) The English government does not support it.

2. What is the result of using faith for political reasons?
(a) It undermines the right to practice religion freely.
(b) It undermines the religions that are not involved.
(c) It undermines all religions.
(d) It undermines only the religion involved.

3. Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Grenoble.
(c) Strasbourg.
(d) Paris.

4. What does the term canonization refer to?
(a) The process in which a person becomes a saint.
(b) The ceremony performed after a person is declared a saint.
(c) The ceremony performed before a person can request to become a saint.
(d) The process in which a person requests to become a saint.

5. What does Paine use as a miserable example of the Constitution that America is trying to adopt?
(a) Germany.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Holland.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through his belief in God, what does Paine hope for?

2. What does society promote?

3. What does government promote?

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

5. How many books did Burke publish after the Rights of Man was released?

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