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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Arthur Barlowe describe America?
(a) As a tropical paradise.
(b) As a harsh land.
(c) As a land of plenty.
(d) As a refuge from Europe.

2. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Plato.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Homer.

3. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?
(a) Literature.
(b) Music.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Painting.

4. What desire does Marx describe as the opposite of Barlowe's view?
(a) The desire to tame the landscape.
(b) The desire to make the earth productive.
(c) The desire to convert the savages.
(d) The desire to know the earth mystically.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

2. What criticism did Carlyle make of American industrialism?

3. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?

4. Why did Beverly feel as he did by the end of his work?

5. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?

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