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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau like to walk through?

2. What did Thoreau say ruined man's thoughts?

3. What did Thoreau say his walks always had?

4. What was Brown's sentence when he was tried in court?

5. What did Thoreau say confused most people about Brown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Thoreau free to go wherever he wanted on his daily walks?

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

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

4. What were John Browns intentions with his raid?

5. What did Thoreau not like about the media coverage of Brown and his attack?

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

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

8. What animal did Thoreau compare himself to when walking, and why?

9. What did Thoreau say about society's idea of improvement?

10. What did Thoreau say were the dangers of cultivation in 'Walking'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was walking such an important part of Thoreau's daily schedule, and how did his description of his walking change the tone of his essays?

Essay Topic 2

How did Thoreau say men should go about choosing their professions, and what support did he give for these ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Education and the importance of training was a constant theme in this book. Where did this theme appear, and which essays were most affected by it?

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