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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 his walking was a metaphor of?
(a) His writing.
(b) His thinking.
(c) His power.
(d) His life.

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

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

4. What did Thoreau say confused most people about Brown?
(a) His boldness.
(b) His power.
(c) His courage.
(d) His cruelty.

5. What did Thoreau say we should let our thoughts do?
(a) Take hold.
(b) Grow.
(c) Become.
(d) Wander.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thoreau say Nature would reveal to man?

2. What about Brown did Thoreau think was misunderstood at the time?

3. How did Brown come to have a trial?

4. What animal did Thoreau say he was like when he went walking?

5. What kind of walls did Thoreau say men should break down?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Thoreau feel about the violence Brown used, and why?

2. What did Thoreau say about American's gravitating toward the West?

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

4. How did Thoreau end 'Walking'?

5. What did Thoreau say about society's idea of improvement?

6. What did Thoreau say was the main difference between Brown and the man he compared Brown to?

7. What did Thoreau say Nature would do for a walker?

8. How was Brown taken to court for his raid and what happened there?

9. Who did Thoreau compare Brown to in 'A Plea for Captain John Brown' and why?

10. Why was Thoreau free to go wherever he wanted on his daily walks?

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