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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. For what occasion did Jefferson write his Notes on Virginia?
(a) At a French Diplomat's request.
(b) As an inventory when he was governor.
(c) Upon his travels to Europe.
(d) For leisure.

2. What would men of understanding provide in Emerson's vision?
(a) Literature.
(b) Technology.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Religion.

3. What thinkers does Marx say followed Carlyle's critique of industrialism?
(a) Lenin and Stalin.
(b) Hegel and Marx.
(c) Derrida and Foucault.
(d) William James and John Dewey.

4. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?
(a) Church.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Garden.
(d) City.

5. How many Americans lived on farms by the end of the 19th century?
(a) 40%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 75%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Huck Finn lamenting at the beginning of Huckleberry Finn?

2. When did a uniquely American pastoral image emerge?

3. What associations were suggested by Marx's leading symbol of industrialism?

4. What desire does Marx describe as the opposite of Barlowe's view?

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

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