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

2. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to the city.
(b) Return to childhood.
(c) Return to home.
(d) Return to nature.

3. How was Hawthorne's description interrupted?
(a) By a blue jay.
(b) By a merchant.
(c) By a railroad whistle.
(d) By an Indian.

4. What do Americans abandon when they are under the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Urban parks.
(b) Small towns.
(c) Outdated buildings.
(d) Urban areas.

5. What does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?
(a) The futility of fighting nature.
(b) The imperative to transform nature.
(c) The desire to merge with nature.
(d) The interruption of woodland peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?

2. What do liberal thinkers say the sentimental pastoral ideal results in, according to Marx?

3. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?

4. What did Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?

5. What associations were suggested by Marx's leading symbol of industrialism?

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