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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 Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Living in the woods.
(b) Indian wars.
(c) A reverie in the woods.
(d) A whale hunt.

2. What were Beverly's sources for his history of Virginia?
(a) The sea captains' log books.
(b) Nautical charts.
(c) The settlers' notes and journals.
(d) The King's records.

3. What did colonists find in America?
(a) Civilized people they could convert to Christianity.
(b) A desert they could transform into a garden.
(c) Infrastructure they could usurp from the natives.
(d) Virgin land.

4. What virtues did Jefferson associate with the civilization?
(a) Ingenuity and technology.
(b) Intellect and privilege.
(c) Creativity and inspiration.
(d) Creativity and inspiration.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would people live on, in Gonzalo's ideal world?

3. What does Ishmael symbolize, in Marx's interpretation of Moby Dick?

4. How had feelings about nature changed by Jefferson's time?

5. What does Marx point out was formed as a result of the Revolutionary War?

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