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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Garden.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?
(a) As spokesmen for conservation.
(b) As experienced people hoping for redemption.
(c) As victims of political power.
(d) As advance agents of civilization.

2. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?
(a) A conflict over territory.
(b) An engagement and marriage.
(c) A political power struggle.
(d) A conflict over how to use resources.

3. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?
(a) Cautiously optimistic.
(b) Determined.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Elated.

4. What is the second stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Life in the city.
(b) Life in nature.
(c) Return to nature.
(d) Return to the city.

5. What does Marx point out was formed as a result of the Revolutionary War?
(a) An industrial capacity.
(b) Opposition to expansion.
(c) Corrupt government.
(d) Filthy cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beverly describe changing in the New World as a result of European settlement?

2. What did Beverly describe as the paradox of existence in the New World?

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

4. How were frontiersmen typically portrayed by easterners in Jefferson's time?

5. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?

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