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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Thoreau say men should get their guidance and direction from?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Books.
(c) Nature.
(d) Europe.

2. What did Thoreau say people did wrong when writing the word nature?
(a) It should be italicized.
(b) It should be capitalized.
(c) It should be underlined.
(d) It should be in quotes.

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

4. What did Thoreau say the walls we need to break down were hindering?
(a) Possibilities.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Growth.

5. What did Thoreau say ruined man's thoughts?
(a) School.
(b) Lack of conversation.
(c) Social standards.
(d) Cultivation of the mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Brown seize in his attack?

2. How did Thoreau begin 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?

3. What did Thoreau say ruined the earth?

4. How did Brown come to have a trial?

5. What did Thoreau say his walks always had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thoreau say his walking was a metaphor of?

2. What did Thoreau say about American's gravitating toward the West?

3. Why did Thoreau say some people thought Brown was insane?

4. How was Brown taken to court for his raid and what happened there?

5. What were John Browns intentions with his raid?

6. What did Thoreau say invalidated all the critics who spoke against Brown?

7. What was Thoreau pleading for in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?

8. How did Thoreau feel about the violence Brown used, and why?

9. What was Thoreau most critical of newspapers for in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?

10. How did Thoreau show his ideal relationship between man and nature?

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