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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marx say most American writers described industrial expansion?
(a) As a force of nature.
(b) As a torment.
(c) As a crime.
(d) As a form of art.

2. What does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?
(a) The imperative to transform nature.
(b) The futility of fighting nature.
(c) The interruption of woodland peace.
(d) The desire to merge with nature.

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

4. What possibility did Marx hear resonating from the Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer?
(a) The promise that the wilderness can be domesticated.
(b) The promise that the city can be redeemed by the country.
(c) The promise that a man can change his life.
(d) The promise that nature can be civilized without being corrupted.

5. How have the relationships between the city and country changed in American industrial pastoralism?
(a) They are no longer interdependent.
(b) They are both reinvented by machines.
(c) They are both monetized.
(d) They are no longer exclusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed America to preserve Jeffersonian ideals for 100 years after Jefferson wrote about them?

2. How did Americans see westward expansion, in Marx's account?

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

4. What associations were suggested by Marx's leading symbol of industrialism?

5. What were Beverly's sources for his history of Virginia?

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