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

2. What secondary plot does Marx see as important for his purposes?
(a) The conflict over resource use.
(b) The conflict over resource use.
(c) The struggle for domination over nature.
(d) The struggle for poetic expression.

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

4. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Miranda and Caliban.
(b) Gonzalo and Ferdinand.
(c) Gonzalo and Prospero.
(d) Ferdinand and Miranda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?

2. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?

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

4. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?

5. America was depicted as a paradise that was also what, in Marx's account?

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