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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Beverly feel as he did by the end of his work?
(a) He thought that the settlers and natives could work together.
(b) He thought the New World would improve the settlers.
(c) He thought that the New World could improve the natives.
(d) He saw a unique opportunity in the New World.

2. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?
(a) Hard work and sacrifice.
(b) Development and expansion.
(c) Conservation and reservations.
(d) Generosity and sharing.

3. How does industrialism devalue man, in Carlyle's opinion?
(a) It uses only one part of him.
(b) It discourages invention.
(c) It requires long hours in dark factories.
(d) It treats him as a commodity.

4. How many Americans lived on farms by the end of the 19th century?
(a) 40%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 99%.

5. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Art.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Americans see westward expansion, in Marx's account?

2. What part of man remained free of industrialism, in Carlyle's view?

3. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

4. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?

5. What did Coxe foresee for America?

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