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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did complex pastoral ideology come into existence?
(a) Eighteenth century.
(b) Twentieth century.
(c) Nineteenth century.
(d) With colonization.

3. What did the new world fail to offer newcomers, in typical accounts?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Power.
(d) Art.

4. When did Thomas Jefferson publish his Notes on Virginia?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1781.

5. What did Beverly describe as the paradox of existence in the New World?
(a) Natives wanted progress, but then they hated themselves.
(b) Settlers wanted a paradise, but replicated their towns and government.
(c) Settlers brought progress, but the natives didn't want it.
(d) Whites wanted peace with the natives, but took their land to start wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sources does Marx suppose Shakespeare read for 'The Tempest'?

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

3. What piece by Nathaniel Hawthorne does Marx treat as emblematic of American pastoralism?

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

5. How was Hawthorne's description interrupted?

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