The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Leo Marx
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The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Leo Marx
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kingdoms of Force.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Daniel Webster's take on industrialism?
(a) He embraced the new power.
(b) He lamented the changing structure of society.
(c) He used it to his profit.
(d) He loathed the railroad.

2. What would manufacturing do for America, in Coxe's estimation?
(a) Ensure independence.
(b) Generate wealth.
(c) Drive western expansion.
(d) Unify the electorate.

3. What feeling characterized the beginning of Mark Twain's writing career?
(a) Optimism about industrial expansion into the midwest.
(b) Nostalgia for the old days on the Mississippi.
(c) Lamentation about the death of Indian cultures.
(d) Fear about the consequences of the railroad.

4. What skill did Twain idealize?
(a) The Indian soldier's warfare.
(b) The riverboat pilot's knowledge of the river.
(c) The steam locomotive engineer's control over the train.
(d) The engineer's ability to bridge rivers.

5. How did Jefferson describe the representative man in Notes on Virginia?
(a) A powerful industrialist.
(b) An inventive entrepreneur.
(c) An industrious, independent farmer.
(d) A virtuous man of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the general feeling about industrialism in America, as it expanded?

2. How did Melville describe whaling?

3. What is the first reaction Marx describes to industrialism?

4. Why does Marx say that machines could be welcomed into America?

5. How did Emerson portray nature?

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