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

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(c) he has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not care for Henry.
(d) He has withdrawn Edmund from the school because he does not approve of Transcendentalism.

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

4. On what do John and Henry then agree?
(a) They will both get married as soon as possible to forget about Ellen.
(b) They will remain celibate until they are 90 and 92 years old, at which time they will both pursue Ellen.
(c) They will stay celibate for the rest of their lives.
(d) They will begin their cult and marry as many women as possible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Henry propose to work?

2. What does Waldo tell Lydian will be interesting?

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

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

5. What is Transcendentalism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry feel about this decision?

2. What does Henry think of Ralph Waldo Emerson?

3. Waldo asks how he should rebel. What is Henry's response? Why?

4. What happens after Henry gives Waldo the advice to speak out against the war?

5. Why does Henry react violently when Williams tells him what he wants to be called? Why might Williams want to be called this?

6. What advice of his own does Henry take?

7. What might be the reason for Lydian's suggestion that Henry should leave while Waldo is away in England?

8. Describe the scene when Sam Staples tells him he must pay his property taxes?

9. What does Henry learn about his obsession with Waldo?

10. What is the story Henry tells about the character Williams?

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