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

2. What forces have led to the urbanization and industrialization Marx describes?
(a) Literature and mythology.
(b) Science and legal incentives.
(c) Wars and military campaigns.
(d) Markets and technology.

3. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?
(a) Tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
(b) Low taxes.
(c) Regulation of speculative investments.
(d) Farm subsidies.

4. What would people live on, in Gonzalo's ideal world?
(a) Nature's bounty.
(b) Imported grain.
(c) Natives' produce.
(d) Money from exports.

5. How does Marx say most American writers described industrial expansion?
(a) As a crime.
(b) As a form of art.
(c) As a torment.
(d) As a force of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?

2. When was that work written, which Barlowe likely influenced--and which also influenced Shakespeare in its description of a pastoral paradise?

3. What is the heart of the pastoral ideal?

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

5. When did a uniquely American pastoral image emerge?

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