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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. 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.

2. Which leisure activity does Marx identify as revealing the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Travel.
(b) Flying.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Hiking.

3. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?
(a) No need for language.
(b) No government.
(c) No disparity between rich and poor.
(d) No work.

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

5. What does Marx say Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrates?
(a) The personalities who will be required to develop America.
(b) The impossibility of the pastoral ideal.
(c) The corruption of the Old World.
(d) The plan for Utopia in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?

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

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

4. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?

5. What do Americans abandon when they are under the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?

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