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

2. How was Hawthorne's description interrupted?
(a) By an Indian.
(b) By a blue jay.
(c) By a merchant.
(d) By a railroad whistle.

3. 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) The railroad blurred the boundary between city and country.
(c) People stopped living on farms in the late 1700s.
(d) People began to be able to visit the country from the city.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first reaction Marx describes to industrialism?

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

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

4. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?

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

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