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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 did Arthur Barlowe describe America?
(a) As a land of plenty.
(b) As a harsh land.
(c) As a refuge from Europe.
(d) As a tropical paradise.

2. What is the heart of the pastoral ideal?
(a) To live out a primitive existence.
(b) To turn nature into an industrial resource.
(c) To transform nature into an ordered place.
(d) To live in the lap of nature.

3. What does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?
(a) The steamship.
(b) The steam locomotive.
(c) The cotton gin.
(d) The factory.

4. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?
(a) As a requirement for a green society.
(b) As the path to the future.
(c) As a hindrance to progress.
(d) As a harmless fantasy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?

2. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

3. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?

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

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

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