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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?
(a) White Pond.
(b) Flint's Pond.
(c) Mill Pond.
(d) Fish Pond.

2. What does Thoreau hear from town in his bean-field on gala days?
(a) The train whistle.
(b) A brass band.
(c) Church bells.
(d) Military gunfire.

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

4. In what does Thoreau claim to have indulged very little?
(a) Philanthropy.
(b) Literature.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What plant grows at the edge of the path near the end of May?
(a) Sumach.
(b) Johnswort.
(c) Goldenrod.
(d) The sand cherry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "I am convinced, that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, ... would be unknown."

3. Where did Thoreau consider living before Walden Pond?

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

5. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?

(see the answer key)

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