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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What aspects of European civilization were the Virginia settlers glad to leave behind, in Beverly's history?
(a) Dogmas and conflicts over religion.
(b) Suppression of religious expression.
(c) Plagues and uncertainty over medical treatment.
(d) Vanities and conflicts over property.

3. Marx writes that America offered men a middle state between what and what in the eighteenth century?
(a) Civilization and primitive life.
(b) Corruption and innocence.
(c) Wilderness and domestication.
(d) Comfort and exploration.

4. How do Americans express their sentimental pastoral ideal?
(a) By making green spaces.
(b) By building cities.
(c) By mining resources.
(d) By conserving.

5. What American literature does Marx say exemplifies the three-stage theme he identified in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
(a) Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
(b) Norris' The Octopus.
(c) Thoreau's Walden.
(d) James' Daisy Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?

2. What do liberal thinkers say the sentimental pastoral ideal results in, according to Marx?

3. In what art does Marx see pastoral ideology contributing to a more realistic outcome for American society?

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

5. What does Marx say Beverly felt about the New World, by the end of his history?

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