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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shakepeare's American Fable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?
(a) As natural.
(b) As preventable.
(c) As unnatural.
(d) As inevitable.

2. What does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?
(a) The imperative to transform nature.
(b) The desire to merge with nature.
(c) The interruption of woodland peace.
(d) The futility of fighting nature.

3. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?
(a) Generosity and sharing.
(b) Conservation and reservations.
(c) Hard work and sacrifice.
(d) Development and expansion.

4. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Homer.
(d) Plato.

5. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?
(a) The savages' harmony with nature.
(b) Domesticating wild things.
(c) Green, rural lifestyle.
(d) Harnessing natural resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?

2. What did Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?

3. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?

4. What does Marx say Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrates?

5. America was depicted as a paradise that was also what, in Marx's account?

(see the answer key)

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