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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Brown trying to build with his attack?
(a) An army.
(b) A message.
(c) A political party.
(d) A fortress.

2. What was Brown's sentence when he was tried in court?
(a) A heavy fine.
(b) Death.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Deportment.

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

4. What direction did Thoreau prefer to walk in?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) West.

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

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

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

8. In what state did Brown's attack take place?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

9. What animal did Thoreau say he was like when he went walking?
(a) A bear.
(b) A camel.
(c) A deer.
(d) A dog.

10. What did Thoreau compare what Nature revealed to man to?
(a) Wind.
(b) Growth.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Rain.

11. How did Thoreau describe his thesis in 'Walking'?
(a) Logical.
(b) Natural.
(c) Radical.
(d) Beautiful.

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

13. Why did Thoreau think most people had the wrong idea about Brown?
(a) They envied him.
(b) They were afraid of him.
(c) They did not understand him.
(d) They had never met him.

14. How many men followed Brown in his attack?
(a) 11.
(b) 41.
(c) 31.
(d) 21.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month did Brown lead his attack?

2. What did Thoreau like to walk through?

3. What was illegal in Massachusetts?

4. What did Thoreau ask permission to do at the beginning of 'Walking'?

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

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