The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Leo Marx
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The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Leo Marx
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Thomas Jefferson publish his Notes on Virginia?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1803.

2. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?
(a) As natural.
(b) As inevitable.
(c) As unnatural.
(d) As preventable.

3. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?
(a) The Celestial Railroad.
(b) Sleepy Hollow Notes.
(c) The Marble Faun.
(d) Mosses from an Old Manse.

4. What did Beverly describe changing in the New World as a result of European settlement?
(a) Beverly saw human nature become greedy when resources were cheap.
(b) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(c) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(d) Beverly saw the natives learn to want drink and escapism as a result of contact with settlers.

5. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?
(a) Church.
(b) City.
(c) Garden.
(d) Heaven.

6. What virtues did Jefferson associate with the civilization?
(a) Creativity and inspiration.
(b) Ingenuity and technology.
(c) Creativity and inspiration.
(d) Intellect and privilege.

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

8. What contradictory aspects of the American landscape came to characterize American pastoralism?
(a) Wisdom and innocence.
(b) Lawlessness and restraint.
(c) Hardship and providence.
(d) Savagery and civilization.

9. What is a consequence of the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Exploitation of resources.
(b) Urbanization.
(c) Relocation to the suburbs.
(d) Rail trails.

10. How had the Enlightenment changed pastoral thought, in Marx's account?
(a) Factories had subjugated nature.
(b) Colonization had subdued the natives and killed off predatory animals.
(c) Engineers could shape nature more efficiently.
(d) Nature commanded new respect.

11. What did Jefferson ultimately conclude about industrialism?
(a) That it had to be aligned with public virtues.
(b) That it had to be suppressed.
(c) That it had to be developed.
(d) That it had to balance efficiencies with creating employment opportunities.

12. What does Marx say Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' demonstrates?
(a) The plan for Utopia in America.
(b) The corruption of the Old World.
(c) The impossibility of the pastoral ideal.
(d) The personalities who will be required to develop America.

13. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?
(a) Yosemite, CA.
(b) Concord, MA.
(c) Providence, RI.
(d) Norfolk, VA.

14. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) Industrialists.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Urban planners.
(d) Politicians.

15. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?
(a) Eighteenth century.
(b) Twentieth century.
(c) With colonization.
(d) Nineteenth century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What possibility did Marx hear resonating from the Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer?

3. What is the second reaction Marx describes to industrialism?

4. How did Barlowe describe the indigenous people he encountered?

5. What virtues would the Jeffersonian man strike a balance between?

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