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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occupation does Sam mark?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Tutor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Principal.

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

3. Why will Henry not give money to the government?
(a) He is not an American.
(b) He does not like the United States.
(c) He does not approve of its actions.
(d) He does not have the money to give to the government.

4. Upon what does Henry lament, regarding the environment?
(a) Concord is too wild for his taste.
(b) He would like to live in a more tropical environment.
(c) The fact that humanity has done so much damage to the environment.
(d) There are too many biting insects.

5. Sam notes that he does not like having to serve Henry with the bill. What does Henry urge him to do?
(a) Serve him the bill.
(b) Not to serve him the bill.
(c) Put himself in jail.
(d) Quit as constable.

6. What is Henry's response when Ellen asks what will happen to the school now that there are no students?
(a) He says they will close and he will have to go back to teaching at a university.
(b) He will find new students.
(c) He will be the student and will learn from nature.
(d) He will change the way the school is run to keep students.

7. How does Ellen find Transcendentalism?
(a) Scary.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Evil.
(d) Nice.

8. What is Transcendentalism?
(a) The belief in karma, nirvana, and reincarnation.
(b) A person's thoughts or emotions that transcend or rise above their external perceptions.
(c) A Christian denomination, similar to the Methodist faith.
(d) A way of traveling from one continent to another.

9. What does Henry discover as he is busily pointing out different species of grass?
(a) An ant hill.
(b) A beautiful flower.
(c) A new species of bee.
(d) A species he has not seen in the area.

10. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?
(a) Ellen rejects him.
(b) His intensity frightens Ellen away.
(c) His rowing scares Ellen.
(d) Ellen does not love John as he thought.

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

12. Why does Henry object to the whole notion of retirement?
(a) People do not take as many years of retirement.
(b) People work during the best part of their lives so they can relax during their declining years.
(c) He is a workaholic.
(d) He does not want to think about growing old.

13. Waldo, who is clearly quite old, is losing his senses, mistakes what for a person?
(a) A post.
(b) His umbrella.
(c) A shadow.
(d) His overcoat.

14. What does Henry tell Waldo and Lydian about what must be done?
(a) They need to give him a list.
(b) The things that need doing will tell him about it.
(c) Let him know what they need.
(d) He will only do certain things.

15. Why is Henry applying for work as a repair person?
(a) He wants to stop thinking.
(b) He loves to repair machinery.
(c) He wants to help the Emersons.
(d) He likes to work with his hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Henry compare Waldo lecturing?

2. Who are the only people married in John and Henry's family?

3. Who will be Henry's protege?

4. For what does Henry invite Ellen?

5. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?

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