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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "As long as possible live free and..."
(a) Unhindered.
(b) Unconcerned.
(c) Unattached.
(d) Uncommitted.

3. What did Thoreau use during his second winter at Walden Pond?
(a) Snowshoes.
(b) A stove.
(c) Skis.
(d) A chimney.

4. What insect came to Walden Pond by thousands in October?
(a) Hornets.
(b) Ladybugs.
(c) Mosquitos.
(d) Wasps.

5. Thoreau is inclined to be a...
(a) Writer.
(b) Vegetarian.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Hunter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to a settler's family in Sutton in 1717?

3. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...

4. What animal does Thoreau describe as "rudimental, burrowing men"?

5. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?

(see the answer key)

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