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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 compare to the limited freedom of people by the government?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Treason.
(c) Poverty.
(d) War.

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

3. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?
(a) Only on a personal level.
(b) Only on a professional level.
(c) On a personal and professional level.
(d) There can be no laws without government.

4. How many years does Paine think the aristocracy or monarchy will last after the writing of his pamphlet?
(a) Not more than ten years.
(b) Not more than twenty five years.
(c) Not more than twelve years.
(d) Not more than seven years.

5. What makes Paine's goal of every person receiving property impossible?
(a) The inevitable greed of some in stealing property.
(b) The proportion of limited land to the number of people on the earth.
(c) The proportion of the limited number of people to the available land.
(d) The inability of some to take care of a property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paine believe about revelation?

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

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

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

5. Besides the length, what is the reason Paine wanted to separate the sections of the Rights of Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Paine's thoughts on the Immaculate Conception and the Resurrection?

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

5. How does Paine consider cultivation and dispossession?

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

7. 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?

8. What are the two reasons why Paine waited before writing and releasing the Rights of Man, Part II?

9. What is Paine's belief about land distribution at birth and why does he think it is impractical?

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

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