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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Thoreau say people should consider themselves inhabitants of?
(a) America.
(b) Society.
(c) Their bodies.
(d) Nature.

2. What word does Thoreau use to describe his walks?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Quanitfying.
(c) Liberating.
(d) Exhilerating.

3. Who did Thoreau compare Brown to?
(a) Christ.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Judas.
(d) King Henry.

4. What does Thoreau say soldiers are expected to do?
(a) Defeat opposition.
(b) Serve.
(c) Carry out the will of government.
(d) Obey.

5. What did Thoreau say ruined man's thoughts?
(a) Lack of conversation.
(b) School.
(c) Social standards.
(d) Cultivation of the mind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of man does Thoreau say government can NEVER manipulate?

3. How did Brown come to have a trial?

4. How does Thoreau describe slavery in 'Civil Disobedience'?

5. What kind of man did Thoreau think Brown was?

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