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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) By conserving.
(b) By building cities.
(c) By making green spaces.
(d) By mining resources.

2. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?
(a) During the French Revolution.
(b) At the Revolution.
(c) At colonization.
(d) At the Industrial Revolution.

3. Which leisure activity does Marx identify as revealing the influence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Flying.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Travel.

4. How was Hawthorne's description interrupted?
(a) By an Indian.
(b) By a merchant.
(c) By a railroad whistle.
(d) By a blue jay.

5. What is the first reaction Marx describes to industrialism?
(a) Unionization.
(b) Feelings of alienation.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Relocation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?

2. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?

3. What associations were suggested by Marx's leading symbol of industrialism?

4. What do liberal thinkers say the sentimental pastoral ideal results in, according to Marx?

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

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