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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What American institution does Thoreau state he could do without?
(a) The Railway.
(b) The Post Office.
(c) The Government.
(d) The Church.

3. How close is Thoreau's nearest neighbor?
(a) Three miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) One mile.

4. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?
(a) The house.
(b) The landscape.
(c) Its crop production.
(d) Its remoteness.

5. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) Thoreau's shelter.
(c) The bean field.
(d) Walden Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?

2. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?

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

4. For what does Thoreau feel sympathy?

5. What animal's sound ushers in the night?

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