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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. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?
(a) Rocky soil and harsh laws.
(b) Political intrigue.
(c) Sparse resources and unsafe territory.
(d) Storms and primitive land.

2. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?
(a) The portrait of love's frailty against political power.
(b) The portrait of an unspoiled landscape invaded by Europeans.
(c) The portrait of indecision about taking the throne.
(d) The portrait of men who gain power by disposing of natural resources.

3. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?
(a) As victims of political power.
(b) As advance agents of civilization.
(c) As experienced people hoping for redemption.
(d) As spokesmen for conservation.

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

5. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?
(a) Hard work and sacrifice.
(b) Development and expansion.
(c) Conservation and reservations.
(d) Generosity and sharing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

2. What kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?

3. What does an individual gain by passing through these three spatial stages?

4. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?

5. What is the first stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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