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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 did the first settlers see Virginia, in Beverly's history?
(a) As a promised land.
(b) As a purgatory.
(c) As a pestilential swamp.
(d) As a desert.

2. What did Beverly describe changing in the New World as a result of European settlement?
(a) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(b) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(c) Beverly saw human nature become greedy when resources were cheap.
(d) Beverly saw the natives learn to want drink and escapism as a result of contact with settlers.

3. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) Paradise Regained.
(c) Arcadia.
(d) The Iliad.

4. How does Marx describe the pastoralism of the 19th century?
(a) Modern.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Industrial.

5. What other American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Morrison's Beloved.
(b) Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
(d) Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would people live on, in Gonzalo's ideal world?

2. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?

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

4. What was Jefferson's ideal of equality democracy founded on?

5. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?

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