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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 will the first twenty years of American independence not predict, according to Paine?
(a) The next five years.
(b) The next twenty years.
(c) The next fifteen years.
(d) The next ten years.

2. Which one of the following is not included in the natural rights Paine believes should be retained by people after they are born?
(a) The right to procure happiness.
(b) The right to practice religion.
(c) The right to stand up for a cause.
(d) The right to be provided for.

3. What does society promote?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Unity.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Equality.

4. Since all men are created equal, what does Paine consider aristocracy to be?
(a) A hypocrisy.
(b) A fallacy.
(c) A deceptive practice.
(d) A naive attempt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gideon deny?

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

3. According to Paine, which Greek mythological figure did the Virgin Mary replace in Christianity?

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

5. What concerns Paine about how Burke's pamphlet is published?

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