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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Edmund Burke attack the French Revolution in a book?
(a) 1719.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1791.

2. How old is the president of the United States required to be in order to presumably prevent inexperienced people from having the position?
(a) Thirty years of age.
(b) Twenty-five years of age.
(c) Thirty-five years of age.
(d) Forty years of age.

3. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?
(a) On a personal and professional level.
(b) Only on a professional level.
(c) Only on a personal level.
(d) There can be no laws without government.

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

5. What area do Paine and the Marquis differ on?
(a) When political reform can occur.
(b) How political reform can occur.
(c) Where political reform needs to occur.
(d) Why political reform should occur.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paine originally view Burke, before he denounced the French Revolution?

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

3. In the Christian tale, where is Satan banished to by the Almighty?

4. According to Paine, what happened as a result of the Christian tales?

5. In his letter to Howe, what comparison does Paine make about arguing with a man who has no use for authority?

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