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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What virtues would the Jeffersonian man strike a balance between?
(a) Nature and civility.
(b) Urbaneness and wilderness.
(c) Poetry and technology.
(d) Literature and action.

2. What 'sealed the fate' of American industrialism, according to Marx?
(a) The railroad.
(b) Standardized parts.
(c) The cotton gin.
(d) Machine tools.

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

4. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?
(a) Painting.
(b) Music.
(c) Literature.
(d) Sculpture.

5. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?
(a) Rocky soil and harsh laws.
(b) Storms and primitive land.
(c) Sparse resources and unsafe territory.
(d) Political intrigue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism did Carlyle make of American industrialism?

2. What was unique about American manufacturing, in Coxe's view?

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

4. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?

5. What did Jefferson ultimately conclude about industrialism?

(see the answer key)

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