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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The village appeared to me a great..."
(a) Beehive.
(b) News room.
(c) Family.
(d) Anthill.

2. "I am convinced, that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, ... would be unknown."
(a) Hunger and want.
(b) War and conflict.
(c) Thieving and robbery.
(d) Crime and lawlessness.

3. What was Thoreau doing in the village when he was arrested?
(a) Selling beans.
(b) Having a drink at the bar-room.
(c) Buying a newspaper.
(d) Picking up a shoe from the cobbler's.

4. Thoreau calls the train an "iron..."
(a) Horse.
(b) Monstrosity.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Beast.

5. Which building is NOT listed by Thoreau as a vital building in the village?
(a) Bar-room.
(b) School.
(c) Grocery.
(d) Post Office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau speaks of visitors from what charitable institution?

2. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."

3. What animals ate out of the hands of the woodsman?

4. When Thoreau began living in the woods, his "house was not finished, but was merely a defense against the..."

5. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?

(see the answer key)

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