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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 central theme of pastoral literature?
(a) The desire to merge with nature.
(b) The futility of fighting nature.
(c) The interruption of woodland peace.
(d) The imperative to transform nature.

2. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?
(a) Industrial modernism.
(b) Extractive industries.
(c) The reality of history.
(d) Urbanization.

3. What did colonists find in America?
(a) Virgin land.
(b) Civilized people they could convert to Christianity.
(c) A desert they could transform into a garden.
(d) Infrastructure they could usurp from the natives.

4. What do liberal thinkers say the sentimental pastoral ideal results in, according to Marx?
(a) Ignorance and apathy.
(b) Industrial developments.
(c) Peace movements.
(d) Reactionary philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?

2. What kind of lifestyle does Marx say Americans want?

3. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?

4. What do Americans abandon when they are under the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?

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

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