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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?
(a) Virgil's Aeneid.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
(d) The Farmer's Almanac.

2. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?
(a) $21.34.
(b) $8.71.
(c) $5.93.
(d) $12.46.

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

4. Some of Thoreau's pleasantest hours are spent during this kind of weather:
(a) Hail.
(b) Sun showers.
(c) Thunderstorms.
(d) Snowstorms.

5. What book does Thoreau keep on his table throughout the summer?
(a) Cervantes' Don Quixote.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Homer's Iliad.
(d) Milton's Paradise Lost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which animal is one of "Nature's Watchmen"?

3. What vegetable does Thoreau plant on most of his 2 1/2 acres?

4. "I go and come with a strange... in Nature."

5. Where is Walden Pond located?

(see the answer key)

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