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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 did Thoreau say the issue of slavery was doing to his state?
(a) Desensitizing it.
(b) Capitulating it.
(c) Immoralizing it.
(d) Polarizing it.

2. What state did Brown work hard to push his agenda before his attacks?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Kansas.

3. What did Thoreau call the ruling power in 'Life Without Principle'?
(a) Train stations.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Newspapers.

4. Who did the governor of Massachusetts back in the issue of Burns?
(a) Tuttle.
(b) Loring.
(c) Burns.
(d) Harrison.

5. When does Thoreau say a citizen should disobey?
(a) All of these.
(b) When the country is at war.
(c) When the government is being immoral.
(d) When the population gets too large.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau label the governor of his state?

2. Why was Thoreau able to walk freely wherever he pleased?

3. How did Thoreau describe the rulers of the country in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

4. What did Thoreau say man would do best if he chose his work appropriately?

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

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