Common Sense
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- Q1Who wrote Common Sense?Thomas PaineBenjamin FranklinJohn AdamsThomas Jefferson10s
- Q2What religion was Paine born to?ProtestantsPuritansQuaker (Religious Society of Friends)Catholics10s
- Q3Where was Paine born?NewcastleNew YorkLong IslandThetford20s
- Q4How many pages was Common Sense?3648432330s
- Q5Who was Paine inspired by?John Stevens, Aaron Burr, and George WashingtonDavid Rittenhouse, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel AdamsLin-Manuel MirandaDavid Rittenhouse, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams10s
- Q6What was Paine's main purpose(s)?Encouraging reconciliation with King George.Encouraging, convincing, changing the independence movement in America.10s
- Q7Where did Paine die?IthacaNew York CityBuffaloMaine20s
- Q8What other works did he write?The Death of Man, Age of Reason, and the Blessing Papers.The Rights of Man, Age of Reason, and the Crisis Papers.The Life of Man, Age of Reason, and the White Papers.The Rights of Man, Age of Reason, and the Georgini Papers.10s
- Q9Who wanted to kill him?DemonsMobsThe Church-and-King MobsThe Death Mobs20s
- Q10Who told him about his upcoming death?William BlakePaul RevereEdgar Allen Poe10s
- Q11What appealed to the majority of Americans?Religion, rhetoric, understanding, and timing.20s
- Q12How many times was Common Sense published in the South?OnceFour timesThree timesTwice20s
- Q13Who was the first publisher?Robert Bell and William BradfordColonist Press/Clifton BradfordThe Philadelphia Times20s
- Q14What is the name of his most famous uses of rhetorical device?AnalogiesAnaphoraMetaphorsHyperboles20s
- Q15When was the pamphlet published?183117741776177020s