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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does industrialism devalue man, in Carlyle's opinion?
(a) It treats him as a commodity.
(b) It uses only one part of him.
(c) It requires long hours in dark factories.
(d) It discourages invention.

2. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?
(a) No need for language.
(b) No disparity between rich and poor.
(c) No government.
(d) No work.

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

4. What did Beverly describe as the paradox of existence in the New World?
(a) Natives wanted progress, but then they hated themselves.
(b) Whites wanted peace with the natives, but took their land to start wars.
(c) Settlers wanted a paradise, but replicated their towns and government.
(d) Settlers brought progress, but the natives didn't want it.

5. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Yosemite, CA.
(b) Norfolk, VA.
(c) Concord, MA.
(d) Providence, RI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?

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

3. What do liberal thinkers say the sentimental pastoral ideal results in, according to Marx?

4. How did nature continue to redeem individuals in pastoral ideology?

5. What does the end of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrate, in Marx's interpretation?

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