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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. In Jefferson's time, how did the eastern farmers come to see nature, as a result of their work?
(a) As a domestic industry.
(b) As a new nature.
(c) As a raw material.
(d) As an improved nature.

2. What did Thoreau conclude as a result of his time at Walden?
(a) That man should simplify his life.
(b) That men should remove themselves from society.
(c) That men are desperate and sad.
(d) That technology must be stopped.

3. What did Beverly describe changing in the New World as a result of European settlement?
(a) Beverly saw human nature become greedy when resources were cheap.
(b) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(c) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(d) Beverly saw the natives learn to want drink and escapism as a result of contact with settlers.

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

5. What desire does Marx describe as the opposite of Barlowe's view?
(a) The desire to make the earth productive.
(b) The desire to know the earth mystically.
(c) The desire to tame the landscape.
(d) The desire to convert the savages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill did Twain idealize?

2. What part of man remained free of industrialism, in Carlyle's view?

3. What does Marx say Thoreau wanted people to do in nature?

4. Why does Marx say that machines could be welcomed into America?

5. What dangers were writers warning about as America urbanized?

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