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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 were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?
(a) Conservation and reservations.
(b) Hard work and sacrifice.
(c) Development and expansion.
(d) Generosity and sharing.

2. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?
(a) As inevitable.
(b) As natural.
(c) As unnatural.
(d) As preventable.

3. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Yosemite, CA.
(b) Concord, MA.
(c) Norfolk, VA.
(d) Providence, RI.

4. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?
(a) Homer.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hawthorne.
(d) Virgil.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What contradictory aspects of the American landscape came to characterize American pastoralism?

3. What is a consequence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?

4. How did Arthur Barlowe describe America?

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

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