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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?
(a) The landscape.
(b) The house.
(c) Its crop production.
(d) Its remoteness.

2. When Thoreau began living in the woods, his "house was not finished, but was merely a defense against the..."
(a) Animals.
(b) Rain.
(c) Wind.
(d) Sun.

3. Where is Walden Pond located?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Keswick, England.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

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

5. What animal does Thoreau kill and eat after it ravages his bean-field?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A woodchuck.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A raccoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the necessities of life?

2. What did Thoreau do early in the morning?

3. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?

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

5. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?

(see the answer key)

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