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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?
(a) Domesticating wild things.
(b) Green, rural lifestyle.
(c) Harnessing natural resources.
(d) The savages' harmony with nature.

2. What form of art had reached a peak in Thomas Jefferson's time?
(a) Homeric versa.
(b) Terza rima.
(c) Trompe l'oeil paintings.
(d) Landscape painting.

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

4. How did Americans see westward expansion, in Marx's account?
(a) As a form of progress.
(b) As a crime against Indians.
(c) As a form of corruption.
(d) As a destruction of the landscape.

5. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?
(a) As a requirement for a green society.
(b) As a harmless fantasy.
(c) As a hindrance to progress.
(d) As the path to the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed America to preserve Jeffersonian ideals for 100 years after Jefferson wrote about them?

2. What aspects of European civilization were the Virginia settlers glad to leave behind, in Beverly's history?

3. What associations were suggested by Marx's leading symbol of industrialism?

4. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

5. What virtues would the Jeffersonian man strike a balance between?

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