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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life Without Principle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of issue did Thoreau say slavery was NOT?
(a) Moral.
(b) Political.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Physical.

2. What was illegal in Massachusetts?
(a) Printing without permission.
(b) Returning slaves to their rightful owners.
(c) Objecting the popular opinion.
(d) Slavery.

3. What month did Brown lead his attack?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) December.

4. What did Thoreau say was the most important choice for men to make in 'Life Without Principle'?
(a) Their kind of work.
(b) Their allegiance.
(c) Their wife.
(d) Their home.

5. What was Brown's sentence when he was tried in court?
(a) Death.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Deportment.
(d) A heavy fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau say made men innocent in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

2. What was Brown trying to build with his attack?

3. Where did Thoreau say people were not really inhabitants of?

4. What did Thoreau say most media devices were striving to do?

5. How does Thoreau begin 'Civil Disobedience'?

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