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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of issue did Thoreau say slavery was?
(a) All of these.
(b) Political.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Moral.

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

3. How does Thoreau describe the attack made to free Burns?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Angering.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Sadddening.

4. What did Thoreau say media devices should have been doing?
(a) Making money.
(b) Appeasing the masses.
(c) Reflecting the truth.
(d) Gaining approval.

5. Why did Thoreau say most men would never do what Brown did?
(a) They do not have the courage.
(b) They have too little to gain.
(c) They do not have the conviction.
(d) They have too much to lose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau describe as very clean in 'Civil Disobedience'?

2. How does Thoreau say a citizen should disobey?

3. What did Thoreau say law would never do for man?

4. Why was Thoreau so unimpressed with the governor of his state?

5. How did Thoreau say med should treat the government when acting immorally in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

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