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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "I go and come with a strange... in Nature."
(a) Comfort.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Ease.
(d) Thrill.

2. "I wanted to live deeply and..."
(a) Experience everything the world offered.
(b) Like each day was my last.
(c) To the fullest.
(d) Suck out all the marrow if life.

3. What book does Thoreau keep on his table throughout the summer?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(c) Homer's Iliad.
(d) Cervantes' Don Quixote.

4. What did Thoreau imagine doing?
(a) Buying a farm.
(b) Writing a book.
(c) Living off the land.
(d) Building a house.

5. Why does the Canadian woodchopper read the French paper?
(a) For practice.
(b) For the news.
(c) To show off to his neighbors.
(d) For the pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal is one of "Nature's Watchmen"?

2. How long does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?

3. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?

4. "I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of..."

5. What is the morning?

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