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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) Theatre.
(b) Flying.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Travel.

2. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Industrialists.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Urban planners.
(d) Politicians.

3. What would people live on, in Gonzalo's ideal world?
(a) Money from exports.
(b) Natives' produce.
(c) Imported grain.
(d) Nature's bounty.

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

5. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?
(a) Paradise Regained.
(b) Paradise Lost.
(c) Arcadia.
(d) The Iliad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?

3. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?

4. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?

5. What contradictory aspects of the American landscape came to characterize American pastoralism?

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