The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Test | Final Test - Easy

Leo Marx
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The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Test | Final Test - Easy

Leo Marx
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Daniel Webster's take on industrialism?
(a) He loathed the railroad.
(b) He lamented the changing structure of society.
(c) He used it to his profit.
(d) He embraced the new power.

2. What is the consequence of knowing nature, according to Twain's work?
(a) Knowing the deep inter-connectedness of things.
(b) Knowing the wild spirit of nature.
(c) Losing familiarity with the whole.
(d) Feeling free of society.

3. What does modern man hope for, in spite of industrialism?
(a) Greater and greater resource use.
(b) Reform for pollution.
(c) Limits on pollution.
(d) Cooperation with nature.

4. How does Marx say modern Americans see nature?
(a) As divine.
(b) As bountiful.
(c) As expendable.
(d) As sublime.

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

6. What did Daniel Webster believe the railroad would do for America?
(a) Corrupt the youth.
(b) Unify the people.
(c) Terrify the livestock.
(d) Destroy the traditions.

7. How many Americans lived on farms by the end of the 19th century?
(a) 99%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 75%.

8. What does Marx say Thoreau wanted people to do in nature?
(a) Organize.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Invent.
(d) Hide.

9. How do modern authors, Marx included, tend to feel about preserving nature in an industrial world?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Cautiously optimistic.
(c) Zealous.
(d) Pessimistic.

10. What should man do in nature, in Thoreau's vision?
(a) Learn the ways of the animals.
(b) Study the ruthless ways of men.
(c) Contemplate eternal laws.
(d) Oppose industrialism.

11. What structures does Marx use as examples of how modern man mistreats nature?
(a) Bridges and tunnels.
(b) Roads and parking lots.
(c) Golf courses and cemeteries.
(d) Hospitals and nursing homes.

12. How did Thoreau describe modern man?
(a) Unhappy in factories.
(b) Torn apart by his desires.
(c) Free in the wilderness.
(d) Poised at the boundary between nature and industry.

13. What effect did Carlyle say industrialism would have?
(a) Disrupting the continuity of societies with mobility.
(b) Increasing the gap between rich and poor.
(c) Corrupting the youth with dreams of individualism.
(d) Poisoning the rivers and water.

14. How did Emerson portray nature?
(a) As the grand provider.
(b) As demonic.
(c) As a force to be overcome.
(d) As chaotic and disorganized.

15. What does Ishmael symbolize, in Marx's interpretation of Moby Dick?
(a) The prophet to warn people against destroying nature.
(b) The victim of the whale's aggression.
(c) The middleman between nature and society.
(d) The representative of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism did Carlyle make of American industrialism?

2. Whom does Marx credit with predicting all the evils of industrialism?

3. What did Thoreau conclude as a result of his time at Walden?

4. What would men of understanding provide in Emerson's vision?

5. How does industrialism devalue man, in Carlyle's opinion?

(see the answer keys)

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