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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Thoreau's Walden.
(b) Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) James' Daisy Miller.
(d) Norris' The Octopus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who typically espouses the sentimental pastoral ideal?

2. What was nature's role supposed to be in the nation's future, by Jefferson's time?

3. Which characters are engaged in the final struggle in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?

4. How had feelings about nature changed by Jefferson's time?

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

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