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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 did Thomas Jefferson publish his Notes on Virginia?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1789.

2. How did Thoreau describe modern man?
(a) Unhappy in factories.
(b) Poised at the boundary between nature and industry.
(c) Free in the wilderness.
(d) Torn apart by his desires.

3. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) Paradise Regained.
(c) Paradise Lost.
(d) Arcadia.

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

5. What would men of reason provide in Emerson's vision?
(a) Political strife.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Arts.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?

2. What thinkers does Marx say followed Carlyle's critique of industrialism?

3. What is the consequence of knowing nature, according to Twain's work?

4. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?

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

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