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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 Hawthorne describe in the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Indian wars.
(b) A whale hunt.
(c) Living in the woods.
(d) A reverie in the woods.

2. Which term describes the title of Marx's epilogue?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Personification.

3. How did Emerson portray nature?
(a) As demonic.
(b) As the grand provider.
(c) As chaotic and disorganized.
(d) As a force to be overcome.

4. What modern problem does Marx take as emblematic of man's treatment of nature?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Industrial agriculture.
(c) Wars.
(d) Pandemics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What contradiction does Marx say is Melville's true theme in Moby Dick?

2. What did Henry Adams envision as the consequence of technology?

3. Whom does Marx credit with predicting all the evils of industrialism?

4. What does the ocean symbolize in Melville's Moby Dick?

5. What form of art had reached a peak in Thomas Jefferson's time?

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