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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The Garden of Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What effect does Marx say Emerson foresaw for industrialism?
(a) Devaluation of the worker in the market.
(b) Control of the worker in his working environment.
(c) Fulfillment of the worker in his work.
(d) Detachment of the worker from his work.

3. What trait did American thinkers and writers see in evidence in America's industrial expansion?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Greed.
(c) Corruption.
(d) World-weariness.

4. What did Jefferson ultimately conclude about industrialism?
(a) That it had to balance efficiencies with creating employment opportunities.
(b) That it had to be developed.
(c) That it had to be suppressed.
(d) That it had to be aligned with public virtues.

5. Who does Marx say will *not* contribute to reversing the trend toward urbanization and industrialization?
(a) Activists.
(b) Urban planners.
(c) Artists.
(d) Farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Beverly feel as he did by the end of his work?

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

3. What does an individual gain by passing through these three spatial stages?

4. What forces have led to the urbanization and industrialization Marx describes?

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

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