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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it that Jefferson described as a threat to the moral center of democracy?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) European military power.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Industrialism.

2. What was the general feeling about industrialism in America, as it expanded?
(a) Positivism.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Caution.
(d) Doubt.

3. What was unique about American manufacturing, in Coxe's view?
(a) It presented enormous economic opportunities.
(b) The environment would keep it healthy.
(c) The raw materials were limitless.
(d) Markets were waiting for American goods.

4. What trait did American thinkers and writers see in evidence in America's industrial expansion?
(a) World-weariness.
(b) Greed.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Corruption.

5. When was that work written, which Barlowe likely influenced--and which also influenced Shakespeare in its description of a pastoral paradise?
(a) 1584.
(b) 1609.
(c) 1650.
(d) 1590.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?

2. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?

3. What dangers were writers warning about as America urbanized?

4. Who was Tench Coxe?

5. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?

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