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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 secondary plot does Marx see as important for his purposes?
(a) The conflict over resource use.
(b) The struggle for poetic expression.
(c) The conflict over resource use.
(d) The struggle for domination over nature.

2. What did the settlers find appealing about the New World?
(a) They could buy land so cheap from the natives.
(b) It was theirs by right of conquest.
(c) It was unsoiled by civilization.
(d) Everything was free for the taking.

3. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to nature.
(b) Return to childhood.
(c) Return to home.
(d) Return to the city.

4. What would men of understanding provide in Emerson's vision?
(a) Literature.
(b) Technology.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Religion.

5. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?
(a) Political intrigue.
(b) Sparse resources and unsafe territory.
(c) Rocky soil and harsh laws.
(d) Storms and primitive land.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Thomas Jefferson publish his Notes on Virginia?

2. What feeling characterized the beginning of Mark Twain's writing career?

3. How did the first settlers see Virginia, in Beverly's history?

4. Where had Barlowe traveled to?

5. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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