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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to childhood.
(b) Return to home.
(c) Return to nature.
(d) Return to the city.

2. What was nature's role supposed to be in the nation's future, by Jefferson's time?
(a) Virgin territory was going absorb all the overflowing east-coast cities.
(b) Natural resources were going to be a source of wealth for generations.
(c) Wilderness was going to redeem the nation's soul.
(d) Agriculture was going to supply the nation's wealth.

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

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

5. When did a uniquely American pastoral image emerge?
(a) At colonization.
(b) Eighteenth century.
(c) Seventeenth century.
(d) Nineteenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?

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

3. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?

4. When did Thomas Jefferson publish his Notes on Virginia?

5. What was the opposite of Barlowe's experience in his travels?

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