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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. When did Robert Beverly write his history of Virginia?
(a) 1620.
(b) 1607.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1690.

2. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Gonzalo and Ferdinand.
(b) Gonzalo and Prospero.
(c) Miranda and Caliban.
(d) Ferdinand and Miranda.

3. How did Melville describe whaling?
(a) As an art.
(b) As an industrial enterprise.
(c) As a spiritual calling.
(d) As a symbol of society.

4. How did Emerson portray nature?
(a) As the grand provider.
(b) As a force to be overcome.
(c) As chaotic and disorganized.
(d) As demonic.

5. What does the end of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrate, in Marx's interpretation?
(a) Balance between men and women.
(b) Balance between man and nature.
(c) Justice in righting old wrongs.
(d) Fairness in dividing territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?

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

3. What virtues would the Jeffersonian man strike a balance between?

4. What symbolic statement does Marx say Twain made in the raft being destroyed in Huckleberry Finn?

5. How did Jefferson describe the representative man in Notes on Virginia?

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