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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?
(a) At the Industrial Revolution.
(b) During the French Revolution.
(c) At the Revolution.
(d) At colonization.

2. Who was Tench Coxe?
(a) A Philadelphia merchant.
(b) A Boston statesman.
(c) A New York financier.
(d) A Philadelphia inventor and statesman.

3. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) Paradise Regained.
(c) Paradise Lost.
(d) Arcadia.

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

5. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Yosemite, CA.
(b) Norfolk, VA.
(c) Providence, RI.
(d) Concord, MA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?

2. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?

3. How did the first settlers see Virginia, in Beverly's history?

4. What criticism did Carlyle make of American industrialism?

5. What contradictory aspects of the American landscape came to characterize American pastoralism?

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