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

Leo Marx
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Leo Marx
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Daniel Webster's feeling about pastoralism?
(a) He thought it could co-exist with technology.
(b) He set out national parks to preserve pastoral spaces.
(c) He thought it would corrupt America's soul.
(d) He thought it would heal industrialism.

2. What does fire symbolize in Hawthorne's The Unpardonable Sin?
(a) Man's desire for progress.
(b) Intellect.
(c) The demonic element in factories.
(d) Chaotic forces of nature.

3. How does Marx describe the pastoralism of the 19th century?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Sentimental.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Modern.

4. What thinkers does Marx say followed Carlyle's critique of industrialism?
(a) William James and John Dewey.
(b) Lenin and Stalin.
(c) Hegel and Marx.
(d) Derrida and Foucault.

5. How would you describe Marx's book 'The Machine in the Garden'?
(a) Prophetic.
(b) Academic.
(c) Political.
(d) Scientific.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Marx say about people who live pastoral lives?

2. What power does Marx credit government with, in reversing the trend toward urbanization and industrialization?

3. What is the consequence of knowing nature, according to Twain's work?

4. What is the relationship between industrialism and pastoralism?

5. What does the Pequod symbolize in Melville's Moby Dick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marx describe modern man's relationship with the pastoral ideal?

2. How did the pastoral ideal redeem the horrors of industrialism?

3. What was Mark Twain's stance on technology and nature in Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?

4. What is Ishmael's relationship with Ahab, in Melville's Moby Dick?

5. What was America's first response to steam power in England?

6. How would you describe the genre shift at the end of 'The Machine in the Garden'?

7. What was the context in which Marx was writing the epilogue?

8. What is complex pastoral ideology, and where does Marx see it in evidence?

9. What is the future of the pastoral ideal in Marx's view at the end of the epilogue?

10. What critique did Carlyle make of industrialism?

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