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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. What other American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
(b) Morrison's Beloved.
(c) Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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

3. How did Barlowe describe the indigenous people he encountered?
(a) As naïve and untrustworthy.
(b) As simple and virtuous.
(c) As barbaric and cruel.
(d) As evil and plotting.

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

5. What does Marx say is the leading image of industrialism?
(a) The cotton gin.
(b) The steam locomotive.
(c) The factory.
(d) The steamship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

2. What did colonists find in America?

3. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

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

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

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