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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?
(a) The scale of the American Revolution.
(b) A small scale.
(c) The scale of the Civil War.
(d) The scale of the Mexican War.

2. What does Henry do when he catches Ellen writing notes once again?
(a) He urges her to be an individual.
(b) He quizzes her over her notes.
(c) He urges her to put the notes on note cards.
(d) He tells her to continue the hard work.

3. Henry mocks Ball by telling his students to prevent all their senses from experiencing life so that they can all focus solely on what?
(a) Their teacher.
(b) School.
(c) The books.
(d) College.

4. Where does Henry live?
(a) Downtown Concord.
(b) By the ocean.
(c) By Walden Pond.
(d) On the beach.

5. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?
(a) John Thoreau.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Edward Emerson.

6. In another area of the stage, Henry's mother is visibly upset. What does she ask Henry?
(a) Where his father is.
(b) Who is with him.
(c) What he has done.
(d) What has happened to John.

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

8. Why does Henry offer to work for 10 cents a week?
(a) He will work for room and board.
(b) He does not need any money.
(c) He knows the Emerson's do not have a lot of money.
(d) Without a salary, he will be free of obligations.

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

10. What is the setting for the beginning of the play?
(a) Walden Pond.
(b) Long Island Sound.
(c) A jail cell in the center of the stage.
(d) A school.

11. What word does Deacon Ball use incorrectly, which actually means forbidden?
(a) Penscribed.
(b) Prisribed.
(c) Perscribed.
(d) Proscribed.

12. Henry agrees to take her to shore if she will do what?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Marry John.
(c) Go to church with John.
(d) Go to church with him.

13. Who does Waldo say "were trying to buy popularity?"
(a) College professors.
(b) Roman emperors.
(c) The members of his congregation.
(d) His students.

14. What does Henry note that people must do, regarding books?
(a) Read as many books as possible.
(b) Write books.
(c) Be picky when choosing a book to read.
(d) Find books instead of the other way around.

15. Why is Bailey in jail?
(a) Robbing a store.
(b) Breaking and entering.
(c) Murdering his neighbor.
(d) Burning down a barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town is the play set?

2. Bailey is impressed and observes that Henry must be a teacher. Why is Bailey impressed with Henry?

3. Mother again laments Henry's strangeness, and what does she hope?

4. What is Henry's advice when Bailey says he cannot swim?

5. Henry tells Sam he will not pay for the war in Mexico. Why?

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