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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season does Paine use in the metaphor that ends the second part of the Rights of Man?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

3. How many years does Paine think the aristocracy or monarchy will last after the writing of his pamphlet?
(a) Not more than twenty five years.
(b) Not more than twelve years.
(c) Not more than seven years.
(d) Not more than ten years.

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

5. If the American Revolution had been fought only to separate America from England, how much attention does Paine think it would have received?
(a) No attention.
(b) A considerable amount of attention.
(c) The attention of the world.
(d) Very little attention.

6. What label does Paine give to revelations that have not been witnessed?
(a) Hearsay.
(b) Disputable.
(c) Absolutions.
(d) Indisputable.

7. What point does Paine make about the rights of people to believe in events that took place?
(a) People do not have the right to doubt something they have not witnessed.
(b) People should believe in something they have not seen, only if it is reported by credible witnesses.
(c) People have the right not to believe something they have not witnessed.
(d) People should believe in something they have not seen, only if it is reported by witnesses.

8. How well were Paine's views on religion known when Age of Reason was written?
(a) His views on religion were only known by his friends.
(b) He was well known for advocating freedom of religion.
(c) He was well known for not advocating freedom of religion.
(d) His views on religion were not known.

9. How important is it for a civilized society to guarantee a better life for its people than if they had been born before civilization?
(a) It should be one of many lesser goals.
(b) It is not important.
(c) It should be the primary goal.
(d) It should be the secondary goal.

10. What does Paine think civilized states need to develop remedies for?
(a) To cure ignorance.
(b) To cure apathy.
(c) To cure illness.
(d) To cure evil.

11. Does Paine believe it is possible to evolve from a civilized state to a natural state?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) He is not sure.
(d) Only in certain cases.

12. Who does a person that owns property owe ground rent to?
(a) Those who cannot afford land of their own.
(b) The government.
(c) Those who can afford to purchase the land for more than it is worth.
(d) The rest of society.

13. Besides the length, what is the reason Paine wanted to separate the sections of the Rights of Man?
(a) It was easier to release two sections on a limited budget.
(b) He wanted Burke to be able to refute the first section.
(c) He did not want Burke to be able to refute the second section.
(d) It was easier for the people of the world to understand the smaller sections.

14. On which concept is the new Whig party based?
(a) A two-party system.
(b) Heredity.
(c) A three-party system.
(d) Representation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine prove in order to dispel a myth about government?

2. Why does Paine admire the Marquis?

3. Why didn't Paine reply to any of the responses to the Rights of Man?

4. What is not present in the Indian culture?

5. Without a guarantee of a better life, how does Paine compare the lives of people in a civilized society with life in the wilderness?

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