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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 do liberal thinkers say the sentimental pastoral ideal results in, according to Marx?
(a) Peace movements.
(b) Ignorance and apathy.
(c) Industrial developments.
(d) Reactionary philosophy.

2. What did colonists find in America?
(a) Infrastructure they could usurp from the natives.
(b) A desert they could transform into a garden.
(c) Virgin land.
(d) Civilized people they could convert to Christianity.

3. What sources does Marx suppose Shakespeare read for 'The Tempest'?
(a) Accounts of travel to India.
(b) Accounts of travel to the Pacific islands.
(c) Accounts of travel to the New World.
(d) Accounts of African tribes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. America was depicted as a paradise that was also what, in Marx's account?

2. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

3. What did Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?

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

5. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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