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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?
(a) The portrait of love's frailty against political power.
(b) The portrait of indecision about taking the throne.
(c) The portrait of men who gain power by disposing of natural resources.
(d) The portrait of an unspoiled landscape invaded by Europeans.

2. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?
(a) Indigenous people.
(b) Political intrigue.
(c) American colonization.
(d) Natural spirituality.

3. What did the settlers find appealing about the New World?
(a) Everything was free for the taking.
(b) It was theirs by right of conquest.
(c) It was unsoiled by civilization.
(d) They could buy land so cheap from the natives.

4. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?
(a) Art.
(b) Power.
(c) Civilization.
(d) Wealth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marx point out accompanied factories and progress in transportation?

3. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?

4. What was Daniel Webster's take on industrialism?

5. When was that work written, which Barlowe likely influenced--and which also influenced Shakespeare in its description of a pastoral paradise?

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