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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."
(a) Solitude.
(b) Myself.
(c) A book.
(d) God.

2. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?
(a) Lumber mill whistle.
(b) Horse-pulled wagon.
(c) Railroad cars.
(d) Streetcar.

3. For what does Thoreau feel sympathy?
(a) Withering flowers.
(b) Prowling animals.
(c) Singing birds.
(d) Tree leaves.

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

5. What did Thoreau imagine doing?
(a) Building a house.
(b) Buying a farm.
(c) Living off the land.
(d) Writing a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau states his residence at Walden was more favorable to thought and serious reading than what institution?

2. Why does the Canadian woodchopper read the French paper?

3. "Nature has no human inhabitant who..."

4. What does Thoreau frequently do on warm evenings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Thoreau's theory about entertaining visitors?

2. How does Thoreau describe the development of his relationship with the forest and Walden Pond?

3. Why is Thoreau so unhappy with the state of culture in Concord?

4. How does Thoreau feel about walking home from town late at night in the dark?

5. Why does Thoreau think that there would be no stealing if everyone lived the same way he did?

6. How does Thoreau describe the piece of land he lives on?

7. What effect does Thoreau claim nature has on man?

8. Why does Thoreau hate the name 'Flint's Pond'?

9. How does Thoreau feel about taking life lessons from books?

10. Why does Thoreau love owls?

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