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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry then urge all his students not to do but to savor their sensations of the world?
(a) Stay inside buildings.
(b) Listen to their parents.
(c) Go to class.
(d) Emulate him.

2. Why will Henry not pay his taxes?
(a) He hates paying taxes.
(b) The government is corrupt.
(c) He does not have the money.
(d) Taxes do not help the people.

3. Why does Henry urge Bailey to remain uneducated?
(a) So that he will not write books.
(b) So he will stay in jail.
(c) So that he will not have to pay for an education.
(d) So he will get sympathy.

4. Why do the townsfolk look strangely at Henry?
(a) Henry is sneaking around in the dark.
(b) Henry is stumbling around.
(c) Henry is arguing with the constable.
(d) Henry takes off one shoe.

5. What does Henry point out to Bailey about doing what is expected of you?
(a) It is the right thing to do.
(b) It is safer.
(c) It will get you out of jail faster.
(d) It can suffocate you.

6. What is the only reason for why Henry leaves his home?
(a) To visit friends.
(b) To see his family.
(c) For trips to town for supplies.
(d) To go swimming.

7. To what does John attribute Henry's nonconformity?
(a) Henry's nature.
(b) Henry's Harvard education.
(c) Henry's private school education.
(d) Henry's desire to be isolated.

8. How does Waldo find out about Henry's arrest?
(a) Waldo hears the news from a neighbor.
(b) Lydian hears it at the market and tells Waldo.
(c) Lydian brings Waldo a note.
(d) Waldo wonders where Henry is and ends up at the jail.

9. How do John and Henry get on the topic of polygamy?
(a) They both like Ellen.
(b) John notes that Ellen would marry both of them.
(c) They want many wives.
(d) They are considering creating their own cult.

10. What has Ellen's father done, regarding her little brother, Edmund?
(a) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.
(b) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.
(c) He is sending Edmund to boarding school to get a better education.
(d) He has enterd Edmund into the school because he is a Transcedentalist.

11. What does Waldo tell Lydian will be interesting?
(a) Having a outspoken repairperson.
(b) Having an odd repairperson.
(c) Having a Harvard-educated repairperson.
(d) Having a Transcendentalist repairperson.

12. Ball tells Henry that they have been feeding their souls. How does Henry reply?
(a) He has been feeding his face.
(b) He has been feeding his soul in nature.
(c) He has been feeding plants with manure.
(d) He has been feeding the birds.

13. What is Henry's advice when Bailey says he cannot swim?
(a) Henry tells him to take lessons.
(b) Henry tells him to avoid the ocean.
(c) Henry tells him not to struggle with the water.
(d) Henry tells him to plug his nose when he jumps in.

14. The audience's attention then goes back to the jail cell, where Henry is seen waking up who?
(a) His cellmate, Bailey.
(b) His brother, John.
(c) His friend, Waldo.
(d) The guard, Sam.

15. Why does Henry make this agreement with Ellen before taking her to shore?
(a) He knows she loves him.
(b) He knows that John likes her very much.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He knows she likes John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry replies that he likes the way the alphabet sounds and feels when read backwards. Why does he think that things should be mixed up?

2. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?

3. Henry agrees to take her to shore if she will do what?

4. What does Henry attempt to explain to Ellen?

5. What does Henry discover as he is busily pointing out different species of grass?

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