The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

Leo Marx
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sleepy Hollow, 1844.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?
(a) The savages' harmony with nature.
(b) Green, rural lifestyle.
(c) Domesticating wild things.
(d) Harnessing natural resources.

2. What is the heart of the pastoral ideal?
(a) To turn nature into an industrial resource.
(b) To live out a primitive existence.
(c) To live in the lap of nature.
(d) To transform nature into an ordered place.

3. When did the assault on American pastoralism begin, in Marx's account?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1860s.

4. What is the second reaction Marx describes to industrialism?
(a) Withdrawal from modernization.
(b) Conservationism.
(c) Environmentalism.
(d) Urban planning for green spaces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?

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

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

4. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?

5. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?

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