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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?

2. Who exerted an influence on mankind more than kings and emperors?

3. What does Thoreau hear in the evening?

4. Which bird does Thoreau doubt has ever profaned Walden Pond?

5. What does Thoreau frequently do on warm evenings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What benefits does Thoreau say he gains from simplifying his existence?

2. How does Thoreau bond with the old fisherman?

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

4. Why does Thoreau decide to live such an isolated life at Walden Pond?

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

6. Why does Thoreau love owls?

7. What effect did Thoreau's isolation have on his social life?

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

9. Why does Thoreau believe that Huckleberries lose their flavor before they go to market?

10. How does Thoreau compare the people in the village to muskrats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about an aspect of Global Warming. How is it caused? What are the potential consequences? What can be done to change this process?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the opportunities and hardships immigrants faced in the United States in the 19th century. Do present-day immigrants have better opportunities now? What is the American dream, and is it possible to achieve it?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the benefits/drawbacks of the Industrial Revolution. Be sure to address:

1 - Key inventions that allowed society to progress.

2 - Some of the issues and drawbacks of the revolution.

3 - What the world would be like if the Industrial Revolution had never occurred.

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