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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shakepeare's American Fable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which leisure activity does Marx identify as revealing the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Travel.
(d) Flying.

2. How did Barlowe describe the indigenous people he encountered?
(a) As naïve and untrustworthy.
(b) As simple and virtuous.
(c) As barbaric and cruel.
(d) As evil and plotting.

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

4. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Music.
(c) Painting.
(d) Literature.

5. When was that work written, which Barlowe likely influenced--and which also influenced Shakespeare in its description of a pastoral paradise?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1584.
(d) 1609.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the end of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrate, in Marx's interpretation?

2. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?

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

4. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?

5. What did colonists find in America?

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