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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What would Gonzalo's ideal be characterized by?
(a) No government.
(b) No disparity between rich and poor.
(c) No work.
(d) No need for language.

4. What literary work did Barlowe echo with his account of his travels?
(a) Arcadia.
(b) Paradise Lost.
(c) The Iliad.
(d) Paradise Regained.

5. What did Beverly describe changing in the New World as a result of European settlement?
(a) Beverly saw the natives learn to want drink and escapism as a result of contact with settlers.
(b) Beverly saw human nature become greedy when resources were cheap.
(c) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.
(d) Beverly saw the whites corrupt the natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Barlowe describe the indigenous people he encountered?

2. When did the pastoral idea become part of American culture?

3. What would people live on, in Gonzalo's ideal world?

4. How have liberal thinkers portrayed the sentimental pastoral ideal, in Marx's account?

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

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