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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sleepy Hollow, 1844.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?
(a) Regulation of speculative investments.
(b) Tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) Farm subsidies.

3. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?
(a) Mosses from an Old Manse.
(b) The Marble Faun.
(c) The Celestial Railroad.
(d) Sleepy Hollow Notes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

5. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?

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