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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 kind of existence did Barlowe describe having encountered in his travels?
(a) Savage.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Idyllic.

2. What is the first reaction Marx describes to industrialism?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Unionization.
(c) Relocation.
(d) Feelings of alienation.

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

4. America was depicted as a paradise that was also what, in Marx's account?
(a) A refuge.
(b) A source for good in the Old World.
(c) A place of hardship.
(d) A place of redemption.

5. What is the first stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to nature.
(b) Life in nature.
(c) Life in religion.
(d) Life in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?

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

3. How did Arthur Barlowe describe America?

4. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?

5. Where had Barlowe traveled to?

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