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

2. Without a guarantee of a better life, how does Paine compare the lives of people in a civilized society with life in the wilderness?
(a) They would be slightly better off living in the wilderness.
(b) They would almost be better off living in the wilderness.
(c) They would not be better off living in the wilderness.
(d) They would be much better off living in the wilderness.

3. What does Paine explain about the Almighty's response after Eve bites the apple?
(a) The Almighty banishes Satan to a pit.
(b) The Almighty banishes Satan to a mountain.
(c) The Almighty allows Satan to remain on earth.
(d) The Almighty banishes Satan to a cave.

4. How many people are born equal in a natural state?
(a) All of them.
(b) None of them.
(c) Most of them.
(d) Some of them.

5. What form does Satan take on in reappearing?
(a) A crow.
(b) A snake.
(c) A raven.
(d) A wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does a person that owns property owe ground rent to?

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

3. Which countries have left room in their Constitution for revision if necessary in the future?

4. How should people self-impose laws in order to exist harmoniously in the absence of government?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What example of an uncivilized society does Paine use in Agrarian Justice?

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

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

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

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

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

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