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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?
(a) Domesticating wild things.
(b) Harnessing natural resources.
(c) Green, rural lifestyle.
(d) The savages' harmony with nature.

2. What does pastoral ideology conflict with, in Marx's account?
(a) Extractive industries.
(b) Urbanization.
(c) Industrial modernism.
(d) The reality of history.

3. How was Hawthorne's description interrupted?
(a) By a merchant.
(b) By an Indian.
(c) By a blue jay.
(d) By a railroad whistle.

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

5. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?
(a) As a harmless fantasy.
(b) As a hindrance to progress.
(c) As the path to the future.
(d) As a requirement for a green society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspects of European civilization were the Virginia settlers glad to leave behind, in Beverly's history?

2. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?

3. When did the assault on American pastoralism begin, in Marx's account?

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

5. What did Jefferson want to keep in Europe?

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