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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an individual gain by passing through these three spatial stages?
(a) A middle ground between city and country.
(b) Legitimacy as an American.
(c) Maturity.
(d) A high ground in terms of religious experience.

2. What did the settlers find appealing about the New World?
(a) They could buy land so cheap from the natives.
(b) It was theirs by right of conquest.
(c) Everything was free for the taking.
(d) It was unsoiled by civilization.

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

4. What did Emerson originally propose in his philosophy?
(a) Immersion in literature.
(b) Immersion in society.
(c) Immersion in nature.
(d) Immersion in science.

5. How does Marx characterize man's hopes for nature?
(a) Pastoral idealism.
(b) Scientific resource allocation.
(c) Consensus-based resource use.
(d) Realistic planning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marx's tone throughout 'The Machine in the Garden'?

2. What does Marx say about man's hopes for nature?

3. For what occasion did Jefferson write his Notes on Virginia?

4. Which term describes the title of Marx's epilogue?

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

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