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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beverly describe as the paradox of existence in the New World?
(a) Whites wanted peace with the natives, but took their land to start wars.
(b) Natives wanted progress, but then they hated themselves.
(c) Settlers wanted a paradise, but replicated their towns and government.
(d) Settlers brought progress, but the natives didn't want it.

2. How did Jefferson describe the representative man in Notes on Virginia?
(a) A virtuous man of nature.
(b) A powerful industrialist.
(c) An industrious, independent farmer.
(d) An inventive entrepreneur.

3. Where had Barlowe traveled to?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Tahiti.

4. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?
(a) Sleepy Hollow Notes.
(b) The Marble Faun.
(c) The Celestial Railroad.
(d) Mosses from an Old Manse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?

2. What threat to the country's moral superiority had developed by Jefferson's time?

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

4. What would manufacturing do for America, in Coxe's estimation?

5. What conflict does Marx say was avoided as America expanded?

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