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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer does Marx credit with beginning the theme of pastoralism in literature?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Hawthorne.

2. When did Robert Beverly write his history of Virginia?
(a) 1607.
(b) 1703.
(c) 1690.
(d) 1620.

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

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

5. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?
(a) American colonization.
(b) Political intrigue.
(c) Natural spirituality.
(d) Indigenous people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marx point out was formed as a result of the Revolutionary War?

2. In Jefferson's time, how did the eastern farmers come to see nature, as a result of their work?

3. What part of 'The Tempest' held special interest for Marx?

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

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

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