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

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

3. What did Coxe contrast manufacturing with?
(a) The trades.
(b) Cottage industry.
(c) Importation.
(d) Self-reliance.

4. What was the general feeling about industrialism in America, as it expanded?
(a) Positivism.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Caution.
(d) Doubt.

5. Who was Tench Coxe?
(a) A Philadelphia merchant.
(b) A Boston statesman.
(c) A New York financier.
(d) A Philadelphia inventor and statesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Americans lived on farms by the end of the 19th century?

2. How had the Enlightenment changed pastoral thought, in Marx's account?

3. How did Americans see westward expansion, in Marx's account?

4. What does the ocean symbolize in Melville's Moby Dick?

5. What does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?

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