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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of man does Thoreau say government has control over?
(a) The emotional part.
(b) The religious part.
(c) The mental part.
(d) The physical part.

3. What did Thoreau say most people were trying to do to nature?
(a) Make it obedient.
(b) Make it orderly.
(c) Make it beauitful.
(d) Make it un-natural.

4. What did Thoreau dislike about the newspaper articles about Brown's attack?
(a) They made him out to be a hero.
(b) They did not quote Brown himself.
(c) They did not give both sides of the debate.
(d) They misread his intentions.

5. What did Thoreau say was the natural state of the Earth?
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Wildness.
(c) Order.
(d) Hierarchical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thoreau like to have with him on his walks?

2. Who did the governor of Massachusetts back in the issue of Burns?

3. Where did Thoreau say people should consider themselves inhabitants of?

4. What month did Brown lead his attack?

5. How many men followed Brown in his attack?

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