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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Thoreau like to have with him on his walks?
(a) His daughter.
(b) A close friend.
(c) Nobody.
(d) A student.

2. What image does Thoreau use to show the power of walking?
(a) The Colonies.
(b) The Globe.
(c) The West.
(d) The Flag.

3. Where did Thoreau say most men got their direction and guidance from?
(a) Nature.
(b) Europe.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Books.

4. What about Brown did Thoreau think was misunderstood at the time?
(a) His methods.
(b) His leadership.
(c) His reasonings.
(d) His intentions.

5. What did Thoreau say all critics of Brown lacked?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Education.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Integrity.

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

7. What attribute did Thoreau say never came out on one of his walks?
(a) Patience.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Practicality.
(d) Endurance.

8. What did Thoreau ask permission to do at the beginning of 'Walking'?
(a) Elaborate.
(b) Persuade the reader.
(c) Live his life.
(d) Be brief.

9. What did Thoreau praise most about Brown?
(a) His ability to gather followers.
(b) His unwavering spirit.
(c) His willingness to risk his life.
(d) His boldness.

10. Who did Thoreau say the newspapers of the time were NOT serving?
(a) The citizens.
(b) Themselves.
(c) The governments.
(d) Their benefactors.

11. What did Massachusetts support that angered Thoreau in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?
(a) The Free Trade Compromise.
(b) John Brown.
(c) The Nebraska-Kansas Act.
(d) The Federal Government.

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

13. What kind of U.S. territories was Brown most interested in serving in?
(a) Free states.
(b) Original colonies.
(c) New territories.
(d) Slave states.

14. Why was Thoreau able to walk freely wherever he pleased?
(a) He knew and befriended all the land owners.
(b) The laws did not prohibit trespassing at the time.
(c) He owned the woods.
(d) The land was not privately owned.

15. What did Thoreau say his walking was a metaphor of?
(a) His writing.
(b) His life.
(c) His thinking.
(d) His power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau say the walls we need to break down were hindering?

2. Why did Thoreau say most men would never do what Brown did?

3. Where did Thoreau say people were not really inhabitants of?

4. What did Thoreau say Massachusetts was supporting in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?

5. What did Thoreau say he never had on his walks?

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