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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...
(a) Religious Missions.
(b) False Pretenses.
(c) Charity Work.
(d) Trivial business.

2. "The village appeared to me a great..."
(a) Anthill.
(b) Beehive.
(c) Family.
(d) News room.

3. What do Thoreau's guests often do when they leave after dark?
(a) They go missing.
(b) They ask Thoreau to walk them home.
(c) They get lost.
(d) They spend the night at Walden Pond.

4. What does Thoreau usually carry back to Walden Pond from the village?
(a) A new book.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A light heart.
(d) A bag of rye.

5. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."
(a) Reality.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Love.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thoreau often find his way home in the dark?

2. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?

3. What plant grows at the edge of the path near the end of May?

4. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?

5. "I am convinced, that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, ... would be unknown."

(see the answer key)

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