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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of man remained free of industrialism, in Carlyle's view?
(a) His mind.
(b) His spirit.
(c) His eyes.
(d) None of him.

2. How did the first settlers see Virginia, in Beverly's history?
(a) As a desert.
(b) As a promised land.
(c) As a pestilential swamp.
(d) As a purgatory.

3. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?
(a) Indigenous people.
(b) American colonization.
(c) Natural spirituality.
(d) Political intrigue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How had the Enlightenment changed pastoral thought, in Marx's account?

2. What was the general feeling about industrialism in America, as it expanded?

3. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?

4. How had feelings about nature changed by Jefferson's time?

5. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?

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