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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?

2. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?

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

4. Why did Beverly feel as he did by the end of his work?

5. How were frontiersmen typically portrayed by easterners in Jefferson's time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sentimental pastoral ideal?

2. How long does Marx say the pastoral ideal has endured?

3. How did Shakespeare's characters describe the ideal society?

4. Where has the pastoral ideal been apparent in American culture?

5. How had the Enlightenment changed pastoral thought by the time of Jefferson?

6. What characters does Marx cite as examples of people who have gone through those three stages?

7. How had Shakespeare learned about conditions in America?

8. How did Jefferson change his view on industrialism?

9. What view did the colonists take of the New World in the early years of colonization?

10. What feature of American culture allowed Jefferson's ideal to survive for 100 years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Manufacturing was both an evil and a source of national strength in the 18th century. How did manufacturing change the idea of industrialism, and did the acquisition of manufacturing strength redeem the loss of natural land? Who argued that it did? Who argued that it did not?

Essay Topic 2

How did the frontier resolve the tension between pastoralism and industrialism? How did it make the tension worse?

Essay Topic 3

In Notes on Virginia, Jefferson argues for keeping the factories in Europe. What role did pastoralism play in American nationalism, and how did it distinguish America from Europe? How was American pastoralism different than European pastoralism?

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