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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vegetable does Thoreau plant on most of his 2 1/2 acres?
(a) Beans.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Corn.

2. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
(c) Virgil's Aeneid.
(d) The Farmer's Almanac.

3. "I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of..."
(a) Witches.
(b) Their imaginations.
(c) The devil.
(d) The dark.

4. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?
(a) Independence Day, 1845.
(b) Christmas Day, 1846.
(c) Memorial Day, 1847.
(d) Martin Luther King Day, 1845.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Thoreau imagine doing?

3. When Thoreau began living in the woods, his "house was not finished, but was merely a defense against the..."

4. Who carried the Iliad with him on his expeditions?

5. "In dealing with truth we are..."

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