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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) Half of the English government supports it.
(b) The English government does not support it.
(c) The English government supports it.
(d) Almost all of the English government supports it.

2. How did the men in the American army fight Howe?
(a) They fought neither for an ideal nor property.
(b) They fought for an ideal and property.
(c) They fought for property, not an ideal.
(d) They fought for an ideal, not property.

3. How does Paine respond to the people who cannot follow his logic?
(a) He is ambivalent.
(b) He is shocked.
(c) He is confused.
(d) He is angered.

4. 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) Forty years of age.
(d) Thirty-five years of age.

5. How does Paine consider those who follow the Christian tales?
(a) He has pity for them.
(b) He does have disdain for them.
(c) He admires them.
(d) He does not have disdain for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area do Paine and the Marquis differ on?

2. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?

3. Which country has England chosen as its new foe when Paine writes the Rights of Man?

4. What does Burke continue to perpetuate with his actions?

5. On which concept is the new Whig party based?

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