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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 does Thoreau say government should be based on?
(a) Justice.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Essentialism.
(d) Practicality.

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

3. What does Thoreau say soldiers are expected to do?
(a) Carry out the will of government.
(b) Serve.
(c) Defeat opposition.
(d) Obey.

4. Who does Thoreau say should provide what government needs for them to have authority?
(a) The needs of the country.
(b) Government officials.
(c) The American citizens.
(d) Their conscience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Thoreau say was running the military force in Massachusetts?

2. Where was Anthony Burns from?

3. What did Thoreau say the government considered its only authority according to 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

4. What does Thoreau say is not always found in the majority?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Thoreau say decisions in America should be made?

2. What kind of issue did Thoreau say slavery was turning into, and how did he feel about this?

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

4. How did Thoreau begin 'Civil Disobedience'?

5. What did Thoreau claim not to be in 'Civil Disobedience' and what was his support for this?

6. What happened to Thoreau when he withdrew his support from the unjust government?

7. What did Thoreau accuse the newspapers of in 'Slavery in Massachusetts'?

8. What did Thoreau say was the responsibility of a just man when it came to slavery?

9. Who did Thoreau blame for the slavery in America and why?

10. What did Thoreau say gave the government their power, and what did Thoreau suggest men should do in response to this?

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