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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 does Marx say is the central theme of pastoral literature?
(a) The futility of fighting nature.
(b) The interruption of woodland peace.
(c) The desire to merge with nature.
(d) The imperative to transform nature.

2. In Jefferson's time, how did the eastern farmers come to see nature, as a result of their work?
(a) As a raw material.
(b) As a domestic industry.
(c) As a new nature.
(d) As an improved nature.

3. Where had Barlowe traveled to?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. What defines complex pastoralism?
(a) Industrial machinery fostering nature.
(b) Acceptance of history.
(c) Redemption of the alienation that comes from industrial modernity.
(d) Refusal to let sentimental pastoralism lapse.

5. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Engineers.
(b) Urban planners.
(c) Industrialists.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Coxe's vision for industrialism intersect with pastoralism?

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

3. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?

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

5. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?

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