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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. What sources does Marx suppose Shakespeare read for 'The Tempest'?
(a) Accounts of African tribes.
(b) Accounts of travel to India.
(c) Accounts of travel to the New World.
(d) Accounts of travel to the Pacific islands.

2. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?
(a) A conflict over territory.
(b) An engagement and marriage.
(c) A conflict over how to use resources.
(d) A political power struggle.

3. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?
(a) Political intrigue.
(b) Natural spirituality.
(c) American colonization.
(d) Indigenous people.

4. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?
(a) As victims of political power.
(b) As experienced people hoping for redemption.
(c) As spokesmen for conservation.
(d) As advance agents of civilization.

5. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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

4. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?

5. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?

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