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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 concerns Paine about how Burke's pamphlet is published?
(a) The colors used.
(b) The incorrect order of pages.
(c) The translation.
(d) The small print.

2. How does Paine refer to himself, with regards to Howe?
(a) An enemy and countryman.
(b) A friend and an enemy.
(c) A friend, enemy, and countryman.
(d) A friend and countryman.

3. For what does Paine compliment Washington?
(a) For his mind and economic resources.
(b) For his character and mind.
(c) For his character, mind, and economic resources.
(d) For his economic resources.

4. 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.

5. Why do Englishmen defend their king?
(a) Out of both reason and national pride.
(b) Out of national pride, rather than reason.
(c) Out of reason, rather than national pride.
(d) Out of neither reason nor national pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is hurt the most when a government tries to prohibit its people from reading a work the government disapproves of?

2. Why does the monarchy no longer work in Paine's opinion?

3. Which religious group of people does Paine think are persecuted?

4. Which proverb does Paine refer to when commenting on the acts of Howe and Burgoyne?

5. If the American Revolution had been fought only to separate America from England, how much attention does Paine think it would have received?

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