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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Jefferson's time, how did the eastern farmers come to see nature, as a result of their work?
(a) As a new nature.
(b) As a raw material.
(c) As a domestic industry.
(d) As an improved nature.

2. What human structure did Barlowe describe America in terms of?
(a) Garden.
(b) City.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Church.

3. 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.

4. What economic consequence does the sentimental pastoral ideal engender?
(a) Tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
(b) Low taxes.
(c) Farm subsidies.
(d) Regulation of speculative investments.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Hawthorne when he wrote the piece Marx analyzed?

3. What does Marx say is the 'sentimental' pastoral ideal?

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

5. What is the most important part of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', in Marx's estimation?

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