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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 did Emerson's philosophy ultimately propose?
(a) Rejection of industry.
(b) Reconciliation of industry and nature.
(c) Domestication of nature.
(d) Urbanization of nature.

2. What does Marx point out was formed as a result of the Revolutionary War?
(a) An industrial capacity.
(b) Opposition to expansion.
(c) Corrupt government.
(d) Filthy cities.

3. What is the heart of the pastoral ideal?
(a) To live out a primitive existence.
(b) To live in the lap of nature.
(c) To transform nature into an ordered place.
(d) To turn nature into an industrial resource.

4. What effect does Marx say Emerson foresaw for industrialism?
(a) Detachment of the worker from his work.
(b) Fulfillment of the worker in his work.
(c) Devaluation of the worker in the market.
(d) Control of the worker in his working environment.

5. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Norfolk, VA.
(b) Concord, MA.
(c) Yosemite, CA.
(d) Providence, RI.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Tench Coxe?

2. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?

3. Where had Barlowe traveled to?

4. What did Jefferson want to keep in Europe?

5. What does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?

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