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

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

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

4. What season does Paine use in the metaphor that ends the second part of the Rights of Man?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

5. Does Paine believe it is possible to evolve from a natural state to a civilized state?
(a) He is unsure.
(b) Only in certain cases.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is hurt the most when a government tries to prohibit its people from reading a work the government disapproves of?

2. How many people are born equal in a natural state?

3. On which concept was the old Whig party based?

4. According to Paine, which Greek mythological figure did the Virgin Mary replace in Christianity?

5. What should the main purpose of a Constitution be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Paine define a revelation?

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

5. What is the difference between democracy and representation?

6. What are some of the doubts Paine expresses about prophecies?

7. What issue does Paine address concerning the Old and New Testaments?

8. How does Paine consider cultivation and dispossession?

9. How are all people born in a natural state, and what does Paine think the responsibility of a civilized state is?

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

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