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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Age of Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paine state that America took up arms against England?
(a) America had become more prosperous than almost all other countries.
(b) England forced the hand of America.
(c) Other countries forced the hand of America.
(d) America had become more prosperous than England.

2. According to Paine, what does Burke lack?
(a) An understanding of government.
(b) An understanding of liberty.
(c) An understanding of economics.
(d) An understanding of history.

3. How does Thomas Paine write the book Common Sense?
(a) With a co-writer.
(b) Anonymously.
(c) With two co-writers.
(d) With a ghost writer.

4. Whom was the Rights of Man presented to?
(a) George Washington.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. What does Paine believe should never separate the elected from the electors?
(a) Belief or action.
(b) Action, but not belief.
(c) Belief, action, or money.
(d) Belief, but not action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Rights of Man considered?

2. What do the English people indicate with their silence?

3. How did the conquerors treat defeated enemies in the earliest known governments?

4. From where does Paine think Christianity adapted a lot of its philosophies?

5. Why does Paine admire the Marquis?

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