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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what occasion did Jefferson write his Notes on Virginia?
(a) For leisure.
(b) As an inventory when he was governor.
(c) Upon his travels to Europe.
(d) At a French Diplomat's request.

2. What is the third stage of life that Marx describes through Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Return to the city.
(b) Return to childhood.
(c) Return to home.
(d) Return to nature.

3. What virtues did Jefferson associate with the civilization?
(a) Intellect and privilege.
(b) Creativity and inspiration.
(c) Creativity and inspiration.
(d) Ingenuity and technology.

4. What were the keys to the American landscape, in the views that were the opposite of Barlowe's?
(a) Conservation and reservations.
(b) Generosity and sharing.
(c) Hard work and sacrifice.
(d) Development and expansion.

5. How did the first settlers see Virginia, in Beverly's history?
(a) As a purgatory.
(b) As a promised land.
(c) As a pestilential swamp.
(d) As a desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Beverly's sources for his history of Virginia?

2. What does Marx relate Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' to?

3. What secondary plot does Marx see as important for his purposes?

4. How does Marx describe the encroachment of industrialism?

5. What does Marx say is unique about pastoralism in the industrial age in America?

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