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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Thoreau put in jail?
(a) He freed a slave.
(b) He was drunk in public.
(c) He said something rude to a police officer.
(d) He refused to pay a tax.

2. What was attacked when Anthony Burns was in custody?
(a) A prison.
(b) A police station.
(c) A train station.
(d) A courthouse.

3. How did Thoreau describe the rulers of the country in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?
(a) Unprincipled.
(b) Unknowing.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Unruly.

4. What did Thoreau label the governor of his state?
(a) Slow to action.
(b) Useless.
(c) All of these.
(d) Ineffective.

5. What does Thoreau say happens when government gets involved in politics?
(a) It gets in the way.
(b) It allows for growth.
(c) It simplifies things.
(d) It changes the perspective.

6. What part of man does Thoreau say government can NEVER manipulate?
(a) The moral part.
(b) The physical part.
(c) The emotional part.
(d) The intelligent part.

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

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

9. What did Thoreau say most media devices were striving to do?
(a) Gain approval.
(b) Appease the masses.
(c) Make money.
(d) Reflect the truth.

10. Where was Anthony Burns from?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

11. What did Thoreau warn the people against in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?
(a) Not thinking for themselves.
(b) Not caring about other people.
(c) Being robbed of freedom.
(d) All of these.

12. How did the attackers trying to free Burns plead in their trial?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Unheard.
(c) Unaware.
(d) Innocent.

13. How does Thoreau begin 'Civil Disobedience'?
(a) He gives a motto.
(b) He relates an experience.
(c) He reads a poem.
(d) He cites a scripture.

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

15. What does Thoreau say government needs to have authority?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Direction.
(c) Power.
(d) Consent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau say soldiers are expected to do?

2. What kind of government does Thoreau describe in 'Civil Disobedience'?

3. What state was Thoreau from?

4. Where did Thoreau say he saw a greater disregard for slavery in the country?

5. What was Edward Loring's occupation?

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