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

2. When was that work written, which Barlowe likely influenced--and which also influenced Shakespeare in its description of a pastoral paradise?
(a) 1584.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1650.
(d) 1609.

3. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) By mining resources.
(b) By building cities.
(c) By conserving.
(d) By making green spaces.

4. How did Arthur Barlowe describe America?
(a) As a land of plenty.
(b) As a tropical paradise.
(c) As a refuge from Europe.
(d) As a harsh land.

5. What does Marx say is unique about pastoralism in the industrial age in America?
(a) People stopped living on farms in the late 1700s.
(b) Southern plantations were the first farms to perform agriculture on an industrial scale.
(c) The railroad blurred the boundary between city and country.
(d) People began to be able to visit the country from the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?

2. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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

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

5. What sources does Marx suppose Shakespeare read for 'The Tempest'?

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