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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Paine believe every person should be issued property?
(a) At twenty years of age.
(b) At fifteen years of age.
(c) At birth.
(d) At ten years of age.

2. From where does Paine think Christianity adapted a lot of its philosophies?
(a) Previous scriptures.
(b) Mythologies.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Popular stories.

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

4. What does Paine surmise Burke's view of government entails?
(a) Government should only control some people.
(b) People should only control some forms of government.
(c) People should be controlled by government.
(d) Government should be controlled by the people.

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

6. According to Paine, what age should a person be to receive compensation for an disinheritance?
(a) Twenty-five years of age.
(b) Twenty-one years of age.
(c) Thirty years of age.
(d) Eighteen years of age.

7. As mentioned by Paine in Age of Reason, what did Jesus preach?
(a) Paine is unaware of the teachings of Jesus.
(b) Only morality.
(c) Benevolence and morality.
(d) Only benevolence.

8. What does Paine prove in order to dispel a myth about government?
(a) Most societies need government.
(b) Only certain societies need government.
(c) Society will not fail without government.
(d) Society will fail without government.

9. What does Paine believe is possible with some of the cultures that are considered uncivilized?
(a) They might still have a better way to live.
(b) There are not enough of them to discuss.
(c) There are too many of them for the world to reach its goals.
(d) They will never have a better way to live.

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

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

12. How old is the president of the United States required to be in order to presumably prevent inexperienced people from having the position?
(a) Twenty-five years of age.
(b) Forty years of age.
(c) Thirty years of age.
(d) Thirty-five years of age.

13. According to Paine, what must civilized states be careful not to overlook?
(a) The evils of civilization.
(b) The preconceived notions in a civilization.
(c) The mistakes made in a civilization.
(d) The hypocrisy of civilization.

14. Who is hurt the most when a government tries to prohibit its people from reading a work the government disapproves of?
(a) The author.
(b) The people.
(c) The publisher.
(d) The government.

15. Which party did Washington belong to when he became the first president of the United States?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which years of the American Revolution did America have no government?

3. What happens if people refuse to obey a law they oppose?

4. How many years does Paine think the aristocracy or monarchy will last after the writing of his pamphlet?

5. What do civilized states have that natural states do not?

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