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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should the main purpose of a Constitution be?
(a) To provide for people who are unwilling or unable to provide for themselves.
(b) To create and maintain the happiness of its government.
(c) To provide for other countries who are unwilling or unable to provide for themselves.
(d) To create and maintain the happiness of its citizens.

2. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?
(a) On a personal and professional level.
(b) Only on a professional level.
(c) Only on a personal level.
(d) There can be no laws without government.

3. In what way does the concept of holding property disinherit people?
(a) Gradually, at an even pace.
(b) Gradually, at a slower pace.
(c) Evenly, at a quicker pace.
(d) Immediately.

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

5. According to Paine, which Greek mythological figure did the Virgin Mary replace in Christianity?
(a) Hera.
(b) Diana of Ephesus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemis of Ephesus.

6. What do civilized states have that natural states do not?
(a) The absence of laws.
(b) Advantages.
(c) Disadvantages.
(d) The enforcement of laws.

7. How does Paine describe the Resurrection?
(a) It was an incomparable event.
(b) It was a timeless event.
(c) It was a public event.
(d) It was a private event.

8. What type of payment does Paine think should be paid to those who have been cheated of their inheritance?
(a) An annual payment.
(b) A monthly payment.
(c) A one-time payment.
(d) A quarterly payment.

9. What does Paine believe about revelation?
(a) It can only be achieved secondhand.
(b) It cannot be achieved secondhand.
(c) It can only be achieved in church.
(d) It cannot be achieved in church.

10. How does Paine describe the people of ancient times in Agrarian Justice?
(a) Nomadic.
(b) Overdeveloped.
(c) Settled.
(d) Underdeveloped.

11. Without a guarantee of a better life, how does Paine compare the lives of people in a civilized society with life in the wilderness?
(a) They would almost be better off living in the wilderness.
(b) They would be much better off living in the wilderness.
(c) They would not be better off living in the wilderness.
(d) They would be slightly better off living in the wilderness.

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

13. Why does Paine admire the Marquis?
(a) For his writings against the English.
(b) For his economic support of the American Revolution.
(c) For his work with trade agreements between America and other countries.
(d) For his cooperation and wisdom during the American Revolution.

14. What will happen to a person who denies another the right to practice a different religion?
(a) That person will never be able to change anyone else's mind.
(b) That person will never be able to legitimately discuss religion.
(c) That person will never be able to change his or her own mind.
(d) That person will never be able to criticize religion.

15. What does the term canonization refer to?
(a) The ceremony performed before a person can request to become a saint.
(b) The ceremony performed after a person is declared a saint.
(c) The process in which a person requests to become a saint.
(d) The process in which a person becomes a saint.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the earth's population does the concept of holding property disinherit?

2. What must be in place once a country becomes civilized?

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

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

5. How many people witnessed and documented the Resurrection?

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