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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Thoreau say a citizen should disobey?
(a) Withdraw support.
(b) Speak out in public.
(c) Vote.
(d) Move away.

3. Why does Thoreau blame the citizens of his state for slavery?
(a) They are not paying attention.
(b) They are prideful.
(c) They signed slavery into law.
(d) They are too complacent.

4. What did Thoreau say law would never do for man?
(a) Keep men safe.
(b) Govern him.
(c) Repress bad men.
(d) Set him free.

5. When does Thoreau say a citizen should disobey?
(a) When the population gets too large.
(b) All of these.
(c) When the government is being immoral.
(d) When the country is at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau say the issue of slavery was doing to his state?

2. Where was Anthony Burns from?

3. Why was Thoreau put in jail?

4. What part of man does Thoreau say government has control over?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Thoreau say American soldiers were viewed?

2. How did Thoreau end 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

3. What did Thoreau say about laws in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

4. What did Thoreau say a man should do when his government was acting immorally?

5. How did Thoreau suggest men should withdraw their support of an unjust government?

6. How did Thoreau feel about the attack that took place on the Boston Courthouse?

7. What did Thoreau say was ironic about the day he presented his speech, 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

8. How did Thoreau feel about the governor of Massachusetts, and why?

9. What did Thoreau credit for the difference he saw between the cities and the country areas in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

10. How did Thoreau feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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