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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second reaction Marx describes to industrialism?
(a) Conservationism.
(b) Withdrawal from modernization.
(c) Urban planning for green spaces.
(d) Environmentalism.

2. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?
(a) Mosses from an Old Manse.
(b) Sleepy Hollow Notes.
(c) The Marble Faun.
(d) The Celestial Railroad.

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

4. What does the end of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrate, in Marx's interpretation?
(a) Justice in righting old wrongs.
(b) Balance between men and women.
(c) Fairness in dividing territory.
(d) Balance between man and nature.

5. What would manufacturing do for America, in Coxe's estimation?
(a) Drive western expansion.
(b) Unify the electorate.
(c) Ensure independence.
(d) Generate wealth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the first settlers see Virginia, in Beverly's history?

3. What criticism did Carlyle make of American industrialism?

4. What desire does Marx describe as the opposite of Barlowe's view?

5. What did Daniel Webster believe the railroad would do for America?

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