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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 does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?
(a) The desire to merge with nature.
(b) The interruption of woodland peace.
(c) The imperative to transform nature.
(d) The futility of fighting nature.

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

3. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?
(a) Extractive industries.
(b) Industrial modernism.
(c) Urbanization.
(d) The reality of history.

4. What do Americans abandon when they are under the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Urban parks.
(b) Urban areas.
(c) Small towns.
(d) Outdated buildings.

5. Which leisure activity does Marx identify as revealing the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Flying.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Travel.
(d) Hiking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?

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

3. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?

4. What kind of lifestyle does Marx say Americans want?

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

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