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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The Garden of Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thoreau conclude as a result of his time at Walden?
(a) That man should simplify his life.
(b) That technology must be stopped.
(c) That men should remove themselves from society.
(d) That men are desperate and sad.

2. What does the end of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrate, in Marx's interpretation?
(a) Justice in righting old wrongs.
(b) Fairness in dividing territory.
(c) Balance between men and women.
(d) Balance between man and nature.

3. What is the relationship between industrialism and pastoralism?
(a) Mutual exclusivity.
(b) Mutual reinforcement.
(c) Cause and effect.
(d) Conflict.

4. Who does Marx say will *not* contribute to reversing the trend toward urbanization and industrialization?
(a) Activists.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Urban planners.
(d) Artists.

5. How did Jefferson describe the representative man in Notes on Virginia?
(a) An industrious, independent farmer.
(b) A virtuous man of nature.
(c) A powerful industrialist.
(d) An inventive entrepreneur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an individual gain by passing through these three spatial stages?

2. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?

3. What is Ishmael's task, in Marx's description of Melville's vision in Moby Dick?

4. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

5. What does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?

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