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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kingdoms of Force.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Marx say most American writers described industrial expansion?
(a) As a torment.
(b) As a form of art.
(c) As a crime.
(d) As a force of nature.
2. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?
(a) Church.
(b) Heaven.
(c) City.
(d) Garden.
3. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?
(a) As spokesmen for conservation.
(b) As victims of political power.
(c) As experienced people hoping for redemption.
(d) As advance agents of civilization.
4. What does the Pequod symbolize in Melville's Moby Dick?
(a) Spiritual degradation.
(b) Modern society.
(c) Industry.
(d) Elemental nature.
5. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?
(a) Natural spirituality.
(b) American colonization.
(c) Political intrigue.
(d) Indigenous people.
Short Answer Questions
1. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
2. What kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?
3. What does an individual gain by passing through these three spatial stages?
4. What should man do in nature, in Thoreau's vision?
5. What effect does Marx say Emerson foresaw for industrialism?
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