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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Thoreau stay in jail?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) A month.

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

3. What do Thoreau's guests often do when they leave after dark?
(a) They ask Thoreau to walk them home.
(b) They get lost.
(c) They go missing.
(d) They spend the night at Walden Pond.

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. What bird sings to Thoreau as he works in the bean-field?
(a) A Robin.
(b) A Sparrow.
(c) A Finch.
(d) A Brown Thrasher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Thoreau hear in the evening?

3. What animal's sound ushers in the night?

4. What does Thoreau hope to avoid by harvesting early?

5. In terms of the bean-field, what was Thoreau's greatest enemy?

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