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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The adventurous student will always study..."
(a) Theology.
(b) History.
(c) Classics.
(d) Latin.

2. Thoreau feels it isn't important to provide this for his visitors.
(a) Food.
(b) Conversation.
(c) A place to sit.
(d) Drink.

3. Thoreau speaks of visitors from what charitable institution?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) The almshouse.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The church.

4. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?
(a) A bear hide.
(b) A salt fish.
(c) A Wagon Wheel.
(d) A Wooden plank.

5. What item does Thoreau discover missing?
(a) His flint.
(b) His fountain pen.
(c) His hoe.
(d) A volume of Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau usually carry back to Walden Pond from the village?

2. What happens when Thoreau goes fishing?

3. "The village appeared to me a great..."

4. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?

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

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