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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 does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?
(a) The cotton gin.
(b) The steam locomotive.
(c) The factory.
(d) The steamship.

2. What 'sealed the fate' of American industrialism, according to Marx?
(a) The cotton gin.
(b) Machine tools.
(c) Standardized parts.
(d) The railroad.

3. How had feelings about nature changed by Jefferson's time?
(a) Nature had become a mirror for man's corrupt soul.
(b) Nature seemed divine and benevolent compared with corrupt man.
(c) Nature seemed benevolent compared with the disordered city.
(d) Nature seemed chaotic and devilish compared with civilization.

4. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?
(a) Elated.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Determined.
(d) Cautiously optimistic.

5. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Urban planners.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Industrialists.
(d) Engineers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What desire does Marx describe as the opposite of Barlowe's view?

2. What is the first stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

3. What was Daniel Webster's take on industrialism?

4. How have the relationships between the city and country changed in American industrial pastoralism?

5. What was unique about American manufacturing, in Coxe's view?

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