Question

Where does Paine use charged words in these examples from The Crisis, Number 1?

A. He says he has “little superstition.”
B. He says it does not matter “what rank of life you hold.”
C. He says “Tyranny” is like “Hell.”
D. He says men know the difference between “temper” and “principle.”

Answer 1

The answer is C. He says “Tyranny” is like “Hell.”

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. He says “Tyranny” is like “Hell.” Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution and inspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.