Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the reason for the ground rent a land owner should owe? (from Agragarian Justice)

To maintain the property, but not cultivate it.

To maintain the property and cultivate it.

To maintain the property and purchase more land.

To maintain the property, but not purchase more land.

2.

What point does Paine make about the rights of people to believe in events that took place? (from Age of Reason)

People have the right not to believe something they have not witnessed.

People should believe in something they have not seen, only if it is reported by witnesses.

People should believe in something they have not seen, only if it is reported by credible witnesses.

People do not have the right to doubt something they have not witnessed.

3.

How does Paine describe Burke's descriptions of the French during the Revolution? (from Rights of Man, Part I)

Disturbing and predictable.

Disturbing, vulgar, and predictable.

Vulgar and predictable.

Disturbing and vulgar.

4.

When did the English Revolution take place? (from Rights of Man, Part I)

1688.

1698.

1697.

1678.

5.

Where is Paine living when Burke's pamphlet is being published? (from Rights of Man, Part I)

Paris.

Strasbourg.

Bordeaux.

Grenoble.

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