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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. What feeling characterized the beginning of Mark Twain's writing career?
(a) Fear about the consequences of the railroad.
(b) Optimism about industrial expansion into the midwest.
(c) Nostalgia for the old days on the Mississippi.
(d) Lamentation about the death of Indian cultures.

2. What does Marx point out was formed as a result of the Revolutionary War?
(a) Corrupt government.
(b) Filthy cities.
(c) An industrial capacity.
(d) Opposition to expansion.

3. How did Barlowe describe the indigenous people he encountered?
(a) As naïve and untrustworthy.
(b) As barbaric and cruel.
(c) As simple and virtuous.
(d) As evil and plotting.

4. Marx writes that America offered men a middle state between what and what in the eighteenth century?
(a) Corruption and innocence.
(b) Wilderness and domestication.
(c) Civilization and primitive life.
(d) Comfort and exploration.

5. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?
(a) Storms and primitive land.
(b) Rocky soil and harsh laws.
(c) Sparse resources and unsafe territory.
(d) Political intrigue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

2. What did Emerson say that science and technology could serve?

3. What aspects of European civilization were the Virginia settlers glad to leave behind, in Beverly's history?

4. What was it that Jefferson described as a threat to the moral center of democracy?

5. What did Emerson's philosophy ultimately propose?

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