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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...
(a) Religious Missions.
(b) False Pretenses.
(c) Trivial business.
(d) Charity Work.

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

3. Who is never alone?
(a) A writer.
(b) A hermit.
(c) The devil.
(d) An angel.

4. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?
(a) A Wagon Wheel.
(b) A bear hide.
(c) A salt fish.
(d) A Wooden plank.

5. For what does Thoreau feel sympathy?
(a) Withering flowers.
(b) Prowling animals.
(c) Singing birds.
(d) Tree leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau speaks of visitors from what charitable institution?

2. What American institution does Thoreau state he could do without?

3. What does Thoreau state men have lost when planting crops?

4. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?

5. "As long as possible live free and..."

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