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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What must be in place once a country becomes civilized?
(a) A system to change the natural state.
(b) A system to preserve the natural state.
(c) A system to prove the validity of the natural state.
(d) A system to prevent the natural state from returning.

4. How many books did Burke publish after the Rights of Man was released?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

5. Who does Paine think should be eligible to receive compensation for their disinheritance?
(a) Everyone, including land owners.
(b) Only land owners.
(c) Everyone, excluding land owners.
(d) Only land owners and those who plan to purchase land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paine describe the Resurrection?

2. How does Paine consider those who follow the Christian tales?

3. How does Paine define a civilized society?

4. What will happen to a person who denies another the right to practice a different religion?

5. How does Paine describe the people of ancient times in Agrarian Justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Paine have a favorable opinion of the Marquis de La Fayette and what is the one area where the two differ?

2. Does Paine think that a natural state and civilized state are exchangeable?

3. What is the proof of God's existence that Paine also believes is a guide for people to live their lives?

4. What is Paine's theory on how people who have been cheated of their land inheritance should be compensated?

5. How does Paine handle the responses to the Rights of Man by Burke and others?

6. What is Paine's definition of a civilized society?

7. How does Paine feel about the bad laws that exist and whether to follow them?

8. Why does Paine believe that mystery and Miracles are incompatible with religion?

9. What should civilized states be concerned about ?

10. How does Paine consider cultivation and dispossession?

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