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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
(b) Morrison's Beloved.
(c) Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

2. What did Jefferson want to keep in Europe?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Finance.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Government.

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

4. What sources does Marx suppose Shakespeare read for 'The Tempest'?
(a) Accounts of travel to India.
(b) Accounts of travel to the Pacific islands.
(c) Accounts of travel to the New World.
(d) Accounts of African tribes.

5. What is the second reaction Marx describes to industrialism?
(a) Conservationism.
(b) Environmentalism.
(c) Withdrawal from modernization.
(d) Urban planning for green spaces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?

2. For what occasion did Jefferson write his Notes on Virginia?

3. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?

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

5. How does Marx characterize Prospero and members of the court?

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