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1. Although he did not use the term 'utopia' in his "Republic", Plato did write about what he envisioned to be the perfect society. Who would rule such a place?
2. Which humanist writer is believed to have been the first to use the term 'utopia' in 1516, and wrote a book with the same name?
3. Of course, there are some who believe the first utopian society existed in the Garden of Eden.
4. In "The Communist Manifesto", Karl Marx and Frederich Engels introduced a term that was used by later visionaries to describe their ideal, perfect society. What term was first used by Marx and Engels?
5. Which of the following would NOT be a feature of a utopian society in the nineteenth century?
6. Robert Owen joined a group that attempted to create a utopian society in New Lanark, Scotland, in the late 1700s. What sort of industry, which was greatly transformed during the early years of the Industrial Revolution, was located there?
7. What was the common name for factory towns, such as New Lanark, that were built near manufacturing sites and considered to be an example of an attempt at an ideal community?
8. Many groups came to America in the seventeenth century, hoping to establish utopian societies there. One such example was a group known as the Harmony Society, who migrated in search of religious freedom. In which colony, known for its 'brotherly love', did they establish a settlement called Harmony?
9. Throughout history, people have been searching for the perfect, utopian land of plenty. What was one of the names of this ideal place during the Middle Ages?
10. The Chinese author, Tao Yuanming, wrote about an ideal society in the fifth century. What was the title of his work, which became synonymous with utopia?
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