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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Beverly feel as he did by the end of his work?
(a) He saw a unique opportunity in the New World.
(b) He thought the New World would improve the settlers.
(c) He thought that the settlers and natives could work together.
(d) He thought that the New World could improve the natives.

3. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?
(a) Church.
(b) Heaven.
(c) City.
(d) Garden.

4. What did Daniel Webster believe the railroad would do for America?
(a) Terrify the livestock.
(b) Unify the people.
(c) Corrupt the youth.
(d) Destroy the traditions.

5. How had the Enlightenment changed pastoral thought, in Marx's account?
(a) Colonization had subdued the natives and killed off predatory animals.
(b) Engineers could shape nature more efficiently.
(c) Nature commanded new respect.
(d) Factories had subjugated nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sources does Marx suppose Shakespeare read for 'The Tempest'?

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

3. What was the American response to steam power in Britain?

4. What is the first stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

5. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?

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