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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?
(a) With colonization.
(b) Nineteenth century.
(c) Eighteenth century.
(d) Twentieth century.

2. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?
(a) A conflict over territory.
(b) A political power struggle.
(c) A conflict over how to use resources.
(d) An engagement and marriage.

3. Where had Barlowe traveled to?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Brazil.

4. How were frontiersmen typically portrayed by easterners in Jefferson's time?
(a) As civilizing agents.
(b) As untamed.
(c) As epicures.
(d) As dilettantes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of art had reached a peak in Thomas Jefferson's time?

2. What kind of lifestyle does Marx say Americans want?

3. Which leisure activity does Marx identify as revealing the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?

4. What was it that Jefferson described as a threat to the moral center of democracy?

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

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