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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Plea for Captain John Brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thoreau say law would never do for man?
(a) Govern him.
(b) Keep men safe.
(c) Set him free.
(d) Repress bad men.

2. What is used to restore order when people try to free Burns?
(a) Legal intercourse.
(b) Tar and feather.
(c) Martial law.
(d) Tear gas.

3. What did Thoreau say the issue of slavery was doing to his state?
(a) Immoralizing it.
(b) Capitulating it.
(c) Desensitizing it.
(d) Polarizing it.

4. What did Thoreau think should be made illegal in Massachusetts?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Objecting the popular opinion.
(c) Returning slaves to their rightful owners.
(d) Printing without permission.

5. What did Massachusetts support that angered Thoreau in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?
(a) The Nebraska-Kansas Act.
(b) John Brown.
(c) The Federal Government.
(d) The Free Trade Compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau say media devices should have been doing?

2. Who did Thoreau consider the real authority of Government, according to 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

3. What holiday did Thoreau give 'Slavery in Massachusetts' on?

4. How does Thoreau say soldiers are expected to perform their duties?

5. What does Thoreau say soldiers are expected to do?

(see the answer key)

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