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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. When did Thoreau deliver his speech about Brown?
(a) On Independance Day.
(b) While Brown was in prison.
(c) The day before the execution.
(d) On Voting Day.

2. Where did Thoreau say he wanted to be a citizen of?
(a) Nature.
(b) Earth.
(c) Heaven.
(d) America.

3. What word did Thoreau use to describe the citizens of Massachusetts?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Proud.
(c) Complacent.
(d) Hypocritical.

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

5. What did Thoreau say his walks always had?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Calm.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'A Plea for Captain John Brown', who did Thoreau say the newspapers were serving?

2. How long every day would Thoreau spend walking?

3. What did Thoreau say ruined the earth?

4. In 'Walking', what did Thoreau say most men's minds naturally gravitated towards?

5. Where did Thoreau say people should consider themselves inhabitants of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Thoreau pleading for in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?

2. How did Thoreau end 'Walking'?

3. How did Thoreau show his ideal relationship between man and nature?

4. What animal did Thoreau compare himself to when walking, and why?

5. What did Thoreau say invalidated all the critics who spoke against Brown?

6. How did Thoreau begin his speech about John Brown?

7. What did Thoreau not like about the media coverage of Brown and his attack?

8. What did Thoreau say his walking was a metaphor of?

9. Why did Thoreau think Massachusetts was hypocritical?

10. What was Thoreau most critical of newspapers for in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown'?

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