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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 does Ishmael symbolize, in Marx's interpretation of Moby Dick?
(a) The victim of the whale's aggression.
(b) The representative of nature.
(c) The prophet to warn people against destroying nature.
(d) The middleman between nature and society.

2. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Elated.
(c) Cautiously optimistic.
(d) Determined.

3. What is the consequence of knowing nature, according to Twain's work?
(a) Losing familiarity with the whole.
(b) Knowing the deep inter-connectedness of things.
(c) Feeling free of society.
(d) Knowing the wild spirit of nature.

4. What kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?
(a) Idyllic.
(b) Savage.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Dangerous.

5. What did Jefferson want to keep in Europe?
(a) Government.
(b) Finance.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what occasion did Jefferson write his Notes on Virginia?

2. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

3. How did Emerson portray nature?

4. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?

5. What is the second stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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