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

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

3. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?
(a) The portrait of love's frailty against political power.
(b) The portrait of indecision about taking the throne.
(c) The portrait of an unspoiled landscape invaded by Europeans.
(d) The portrait of men who gain power by disposing of natural resources.

4. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?
(a) Painting.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Music.
(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) 1609.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1590.
(d) 1584.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which leisure activity does Marx identify as revealing the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?

2. What kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?

3. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?

4. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?

5. Where had Barlowe traveled to?

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