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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. America was depicted as a paradise that was also what, in Marx's account?
(a) A refuge.
(b) A place of hardship.
(c) A place of redemption.
(d) A source for good in the Old World.

2. How did nature continue to redeem individuals in pastoral ideology?
(a) As long as civilization could continue to exploit resources, it could avert class warfare.
(b) After earning money in the factories, a person could buy land out west. Wealth would allow people to take more vacations in national parks. Trains would bring people closer to wild areas from the city. After earning money in the factories, a person could buy land out west.
(c) Wealth would allow people to take more vacations in national parks.
(d) Trains would bring people closer to wild areas from the city.

3. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Gonzalo and Ferdinand.
(b) Ferdinand and Miranda.
(c) Gonzalo and Prospero.
(d) Miranda and Caliban.

4. What does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?
(a) The cotton gin.
(b) The steamship.
(c) The factory.
(d) The steam locomotive.

5. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?
(a) Elated.
(b) Cautiously optimistic.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Determined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Marx say Emerson foresaw for industrialism?

2. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?

3. What contradictory aspects of the American landscape came to characterize American pastoralism?

4. How did Arthur Barlowe describe America?

5. What did the settlers find appealing about the New World?

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