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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Thoreau discover missing?
(a) A volume of Homer.
(b) His fountain pen.
(c) His hoe.
(d) His flint.

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

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

4. What does Thoreau claim is the cure for his ailments?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Morning air.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Prayer.

5. Of what do the smells from the train remind Thoreau?
(a) Other parts of the world.
(b) Big city life.
(c) The destruction of nature.
(d) His childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. "I wanted to live deeply and..."

2. What time does Thoreau begin hoeing every day?

3. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?

4. When did Thoreau begin to live in the woods?

5. For what do Thoreau's visitors often ask him?

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