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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does Thoreau go to the village?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every day or two.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Never.

2. Some of Thoreau's pleasantest hours are spent during this kind of weather:
(a) Snowstorms.
(b) Hail.
(c) Thunderstorms.
(d) Sun showers.

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

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

5. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."
(a) A book.
(b) Myself.
(c) Solitude.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?

2. What does Thoreau uncover as he hoes the bean-field?

3. "The swiftest traveler is he that goes..."

4. What does Thoreau follow all the way into town?

5. What are the necessities of life?

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