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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What associations were suggested by Marx's leading symbol of industrialism?
(a) Fire, smoke and speed.
(b) Efficiency, control, and profit.
(c) Steam, progress, and control over the ocean.
(d) Power, productivity, and order.

2. What does Marx say is unique about pastoralism in the industrial age in America?
(a) Southern plantations were the first farms to perform agriculture on an industrial scale.
(b) People began to be able to visit the country from the city.
(c) People stopped living on farms in the late 1700s.
(d) The railroad blurred the boundary between city and country.

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

4. What did Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) A reverie in the woods.
(b) A whale hunt.
(c) Indian wars.
(d) Living in the woods.

5. What is a consequence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Rail trails.
(b) Exploitation of resources.
(c) Relocation to the suburbs.
(d) Urbanization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?

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

3. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?

4. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

5. What is the second reaction Marx describes to industrialism?

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