The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Leo Marx
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The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Leo Marx
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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. What kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?
(a) Savage.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Idyllic.
(d) Tumultuous.

2. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?
(a) The portrait of indecision about taking the throne.
(b) The portrait of love's frailty against political power.
(c) The portrait of men who gain power by disposing of natural resources.
(d) The portrait of an unspoiled landscape invaded by Europeans.

3. When did the assault on American pastoralism begin, in Marx's account?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1860s.

4. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to nature.
(b) Return to home.
(c) Return to childhood.
(d) Return to the city.

5. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?
(a) City.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Church.
(d) Garden.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?

4. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?

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

(see the answer key)

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