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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jefferson ultimately conclude about industrialism?
(a) That it had to be suppressed.
(b) That it had to balance efficiencies with creating employment opportunities.
(c) That it had to be developed.
(d) That it had to be aligned with public virtues.

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

3. How many Americans lived on farms by the end of the 19th century?
(a) 99%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 90%.

4. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?
(a) Extractive industries.
(b) Urbanization.
(c) Industrial modernism.
(d) The reality of history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How had the Enlightenment changed pastoral thought, in Marx's account?

2. What kind of lifestyle does Marx say Americans want?

3. When did the assault on American pastoralism begin, in Marx's account?

4. What secondary plot does Marx see as important for his purposes?

5. What criticism did Carlyle make of American industrialism?

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