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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Agragarian Justice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paine describe the Quakers?
(a) Offensive and loud.
(b) Quiet and inoffensive.
(c) Inoffensive but loud.
(d) Quiet but offensive.

2. What does Paine find interesting about the Immaculate Conception?
(a) It cannot be disproven.
(b) Its meaning has changed with time.
(c) It can be disproven.
(d) Its meaning has not changed with time.

3. What city did the British incorrectly assume was the center of America when they attacked it?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Dallas.

4. What happens if people refuse to obey a law they oppose?
(a) The intentions of the argument are proven false.
(b) The argument against the law is strengthened.
(c) The intentions of the argument are misunderstood.
(d) The argument against the law is weakened.

5. What point does Paine use Joan of Arc as an example to support?
(a) America's political views.
(b) America's sacrifice for independence.
(c) The weakness of the British rule.
(d) The strength of the American soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the decrees outlining the foundation for a new French government called?

2. Why does Paine think the British are incapable of ruling America justly?

3. How does Burke describe Louis XVI?

4. What is the English government's position on the French Revolution?

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

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