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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "It is not worth the while to live by..."
(a) Rich cookery.
(b) Wine bottles.
(c) Bread alone.
(d) Eating meat.

2. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?
(a) Europe.
(b) Literary circles.
(c) Paris and Oxford.
(d) New York.

3. What bird does Thoreau hear almost every day in the winter?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A duck.
(c) A goose.
(d) An owl.

4. "The true husbandman will cease from..."
(a) Fear.
(b) Toil.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Anxiety.

5. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?
(a) A heron.
(b) A muskrat family.
(c) A school of perch.
(d) A large turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau feels it isn't important to provide this for his visitors.

2. What kind of fish is most abundant in Walden Pond?

3. What kind of fish does Thoreau try to catch in the winter?

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

5. What animals are likely to thrive no matter what?

(see the answer key)

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