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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry note that it is good that men do not know how to fly?
(a) They would hurt the birds in the sky.
(b) They would run into one another in the air.
(c) They would dive to earth.
(d) If they did they would damage and dirty the clouds and the air.

2. When Waldo offers money, how does Henry respond?
(a) He want to negotiate a salary.
(b) He wants to be paid in kind.
(c) He has already been paid by being able to listen to his mentor's lectures.
(d) He readily accepts his offer.

3. What does Ball threaten to do to Henry?
(a) Report him to the School Committee.
(b) Fire him.
(c) Cancel his courses.
(d) Reprimand him.

4. How does Waldo respond when Ball asks him about listening to another clergyman?
(a) He tends to fall asleep.
(b) He is always glad when the sermon is over.
(c) He gets good sermon ideas from other clergymen.
(d) He becomes nervous.

5. What does Henry notice about Ellen?
(a) She is younger than any of the other students.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is an older girl and is taking notes.
(d) She is staring at him.

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

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

8. How does Bailey respond when Henry asks him about marriage?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He gives a shout of joy.
(c) He cries.
(d) He gives a derisive snort.

9. What does Henry attempt to explain to Ellen?
(a) Transcendentalism.
(b) Love.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Boating.

10. Ellen says that she has to go home, and Henry delays. Why?
(a) He is afraid of her father.
(b) He has trouble rowing the boat.
(c) He finally tells her that he loves her.
(d) He wants to tell her about John.

11. What words of Waldo's does Henry repeat like a mantra?
(a) "Cast conformity behind you."
(b) "Follow your own path."
(c) "Be free to be yourself."
(d) "Follow the yellow brick road."

12. Henry notes that he can feel the sound waves from the clock tower. Who does he say he is freer in jail than?
(a) The people outside.
(b) Bailey, his cellmate.
(c) The birds on the clock tower.
(d) The jailer.

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

14. What becomes clear about Ellen and her father?
(a) They do not agree on how Edmund should be raised.
(b) They are very close.
(c) Neither really understand Transcendentalism.
(d) They are both Transcendentalists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry tells John that college was a waste of time except for what?

2. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?

3. Why do the townsfolk look strangely at Henry?

4. What does Waldo tell Lydian will be interesting?

5. How does Henry reply when Sam asks him what his occupation is?

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