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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 was man supposed to return to nature, in Thoreau's vision?
(a) For temporary respites.
(b) He should keep nature alive in his cities.
(c) On weekends.
(d) For permanent residence.

2. What is the second stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to the city.
(b) Life in the city.
(c) Return to nature.
(d) Life in nature.

3. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?
(a) Nineteenth century.
(b) Twentieth century.
(c) With colonization.
(d) Eighteenth century.

4. What threat to the country's moral superiority had developed by Jefferson's time?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Enclosure laws.
(c) The end of slavery.
(d) Public transit.

5. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?
(a) Art.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

2. In Jefferson's time, how did the eastern farmers come to see nature, as a result of their work?

3. What does Ishmael symbolize, in Marx's interpretation of Moby Dick?

4. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?

5. How were frontiersmen typically portrayed by easterners in Jefferson's time?

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