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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shakepeare's American Fable.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What contradictory aspects of the American landscape came to characterize American pastoralism?
(a) Hardship and providence.
(b) Lawlessness and restraint.
(c) Wisdom and innocence.
(d) Savagery and civilization.
2. What is the heart of the pastoral ideal?
(a) To live out a primitive existence.
(b) To live in the lap of nature.
(c) To turn nature into an industrial resource.
(d) To transform nature into an ordered place.
3. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?
(a) A conflict over territory.
(b) A conflict over how to use resources.
(c) An engagement and marriage.
(d) A political power struggle.
4. What kind of lifestyle does Marx say Americans want?
(a) Simpler.
(b) More complex.
(c) Faster.
(d) More elegant.
5. What does the end of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrate, in Marx's interpretation?
(a) Balance between men and women.
(b) Justice in righting old wrongs.
(c) Balance between man and nature.
(d) Fairness in dividing territory.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?
2. How did Barlowe describe the indigenous people he encountered?
3. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?
4. When was that work written, which Barlowe likely influenced--and which also influenced Shakespeare in its description of a pastoral paradise?
5. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?
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