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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?
(a) Two years and two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years and six months.

2. What frequently notifies Thoreau of a passing traveler along the highway?
(a) The sound of laughter.
(b) Flashing lights.
(c) The smell of a pipe.
(d) Footprints and broken tree branches.

3. In what does Thoreau claim to have indulged very little?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Philanthropy.
(d) Literature.

4. Of what do the smells from the train remind Thoreau?
(a) Big city life.
(b) The destruction of nature.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Other parts of the world.

5. What did Thoreau do during his first summer at Walden Pond?
(a) Wrote a book.
(b) Read Books.
(c) Hoed beans.
(d) Studied Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?

2. What bird does Thoreau contemplate keeping merely for his music?

3. "As long as possible live free and..."

4. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?

5. On what pond does Thoreau live on the shore?

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