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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the morning?
(a) A time for poets.
(b) The awakening hour.
(c) A time for reflection.
(d) A spritual moment.

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

3. "I wanted to live deeply and..."
(a) Suck out all the marrow if life.
(b) To the fullest.
(c) Experience everything the world offered.
(d) Like each day was my last.

4. "The swiftest traveler is he that goes..."
(a) By Horse.
(b) As the crow flies.
(c) By Train.
(d) Afoot.

5. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?
(a) Education.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Convenience.
(d) Vanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thoreau put in jail?

2. What vegetable does Thoreau plant on most of his 2 1/2 acres?

3. Where is Walden Pond located?

4. How does Thoreau often find his way home in the dark?

5. Who does Thoreau help toward the north star?

(see the answer key)

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