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

2. How much of the earth's population does the concept of holding property disinherit?
(a) Half of it.
(b) All of it.
(c) Three fourths of it.
(d) One fourth of it.

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

4. 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 fail without government.
(d) Society will not fail without government.

5. According to Paine, what is Burke incapable of understanding about the way government works?
(a) The difference between representation and a monarchy.
(b) The difference between democracy and representation.
(c) The difference between democracy, representation, and a monarchy.
(d) The difference between democracy and a monarchy.

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

3. According to Paine, what happened as a result of the Christian tales?

4. How many of the pamphlets printed in response to the Rights of Man does Paine consider worth remembering?

5. Who does Paine think should be eligible to receive compensation for their disinheritance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Paine consider cultivation and dispossession?

3. What is the concept of land ownership and rent owned, and how does it compare to the approach to land that people had in ancient times?

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

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

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

7. What is the historical significance of the life of Jesus?

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

9. What about the American Revolution causes the world to take notice?

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

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