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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. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?
(a) As unnatural.
(b) As preventable.
(c) As inevitable.
(d) As natural.

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

3. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?
(a) Regulation of speculative investments.
(b) Tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) Farm subsidies.

4. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?
(a) Power.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Art.

5. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?
(a) At the Revolution.
(b) During the French Revolution.
(c) At the Industrial Revolution.
(d) At colonization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?

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

3. How did Arthur Barlowe describe America?

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

5. What desire does Marx describe as the opposite of Barlowe's view?

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