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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. How did Thoreau describe modern man?
(a) Torn apart by his desires.
(b) Free in the wilderness.
(c) Unhappy in factories.
(d) Poised at the boundary between nature and industry.

2. What part of man remained free of industrialism, in Carlyle's view?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His mind.
(c) None of him.
(d) His spirit.

3. When was man supposed to return to nature, in Thoreau's vision?
(a) He should keep nature alive in his cities.
(b) For temporary respites.
(c) For permanent residence.
(d) On weekends.

4. How do modern authors, Marx included, tend to feel about preserving nature in an industrial world?
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Cautiously optimistic.
(d) Zealous.

5. When did a uniquely American pastoral image emerge?
(a) At colonization.
(b) Nineteenth century.
(c) Seventeenth century.
(d) Eighteenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marx say most American writers described industrial expansion?

2. What should man do in nature, in Thoreau's vision?

3. What does Marx say about modern farming (in the time of his writing this book)?

4. What feeling characterized the beginning of Mark Twain's writing career?

5. What did Coxe contrast manufacturing with?

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