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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 does Paine think is odd about the conversation between Eve and Satan?
(a) The extensive length of the conversation.
(b) The shortness of the conversation.
(c) Eve is not frightened.
(d) Eve is not confused.

2. What does Paine explain about the Almighty's response after Eve bites the apple?
(a) The Almighty banishes Satan to a mountain.
(b) The Almighty banishes Satan to a cave.
(c) The Almighty banishes Satan to a pit.
(d) The Almighty allows Satan to remain on earth.

3. How did the conquerors treat defeated enemies in the earliest known governments?
(a) As equals.
(b) As individuals.
(c) As paid employees.
(d) As property.

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

5. From where was English rule founded?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) America.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the law invented that took the freedom away from the English subjects?

2. According to the second part of the Rights of Man, when was Combining Principals and Practice written?

3. According to Paine, what goes against human nature?

4. According to Paine, what is Burke incapable of understanding about the way government works?

5. What does Paine compare to the limited freedom of people by the government?

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