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Walden Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?
(a) A Robin.
(b) A Brown Thrasher.
(c) A Finch.
(d) A Sparrow.

2. "In dealing with truth we are..."
(a) Fearful.
(b) Noble.
(c) Immortal.
(d) Hesitant.

3. What does Thoreau uncover as he hoes the bean-field?
(a) Tree stumps.
(b) Buried treasure.
(c) Native artifacts.
(d) The remains of animals.

4. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) Thoreau's shelter.
(c) Walden Pond.
(d) The bean field.

5. What is the morning?
(a) The awakening hour.
(b) A time for poets.
(c) A spritual moment.
(d) A time for reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?

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

3. "As long as possible live free and..."

4. Why does the Canadian woodchopper read the French paper?

5. Why does Thoreau reject the suggestion of owning a visitor's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thoreau love owls?

2. Why does Thoreau admire the French Canadian woodchopper?

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

4. What does Thoreau mean when he says "The whole body is one sense"?

5. Why does Thoreau think that there would be no stealing if everyone lived the same way he did?

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

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

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

9. How does Thoreau know that visitors have dropped by while he is gone?

10. What reaction do the people of Concord have to Thoreau's lifestyle?

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