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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "I go and come with a strange... in Nature."
(a) Ease.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Thrill.

2. What does Thoreau claim is the cure for his ailments?
(a) Morning air.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Poetry.

3. What animal's sound ushers in the night?
(a) The bullfrog's trump.
(b) The whip-poor-will's cry.
(c) The coyote's yelp.
(d) The hawk's scream.

4. Where was it rumored that Col. Quoil had been a soldier?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Upper Canada.

5. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."
(a) God.
(b) A book.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Myself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is never alone?

2. How close is Thoreau's nearest neighbor?

3. Who came the farthest to visit Thoreau in the winter?

4. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?

5. What frequently notifies Thoreau of a passing traveler along the highway?

(see the answer key)

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