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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?
(a) McLachlan.
(b) Smith.
(c) Biggins.
(d) Hollowell.

2. What does Thoreau wage a war with in his bean-field?
(a) Small Animals.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Mold.
(d) Insects.

3. In what does Thoreau claim to have indulged very little?
(a) Literature.
(b) Philanthropy.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Alcohol.

4. Who is never alone?
(a) An angel.
(b) The devil.
(c) A writer.
(d) A hermit.

5. Who does Thoreau help toward the north star?
(a) A woodsman.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A runaway slave.
(d) A railroad employee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?

2. What does Thoreau uncover as he hoes the bean-field?

3. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?

4. Thoreau speaks of visitors from what charitable institution?

5. "I am convinced, that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, ... would be unknown."

(see the answer key)

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