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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who exerted an influence on mankind more than kings and emperors?
(a) Priests.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Authors.

3. What birds does Thoreau hear regularly during the summer at 7:30pm?
(a) Nightingales.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Whip-poor-wills.
(d) Doves.

4. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?
(a) Smith.
(b) Hollowell.
(c) McLachlan.
(d) Biggins.

5. Who carried the Iliad with him on his expeditions?
(a) Edmund Hillary.
(b) Magellan.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Captain James Cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau sometimes hear on Sundays?

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

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

4. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet..."

5. Why does the Canadian woodchopper read the French paper?

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