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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. Which years of the American Revolution did America have no government?
(a) The first two.
(b) The last three.
(c) The last two.
(d) The first three.

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

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

4. According to the second part of the Rights of Man, when was Combining Principals and Practice written?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1799.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine compare to the limited freedom of people by the government?

2. Does Paine believe it is possible to evolve from a civilized state to a natural state?

3. From where does Paine think Christianity adapted a lot of its philosophies?

4. What does the term canonization refer to?

5. What term refers to a property that does not need to be maintained by the owner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Paine's religious views when writing Age of Reason?

3. What is impressive about the way George Washington became the first president of the United States of America and the way he was compensated?

4. How does Paine consider cultivation and dispossession?

5. What bold prediction does Paine make about the future of the monarchy and why?

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

7. What opinion does Paine have of people who believe and follow Christianity?

8. What is the difference between democracy and representation?

9. What is Paine's theories on churches and which one does he ascribe to?

10. What question does Paine pose to Burke after a comment made by Burke during a speech in Canada?

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