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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?
(a) Railroad cars.
(b) Lumber mill whistle.
(c) Streetcar.
(d) Horse-pulled wagon.

4. "As long as possible live free and..."
(a) Uncommitted.
(b) Unattached.
(c) Unhindered.
(d) Unconcerned.

5. Where have loons been caught with fishing hooks, eighty feet below the water's surface?
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the morning?

2. What animal does Thoreau want to eat when it crosses his path?

3. What are the necessities of life?

4. Some of Thoreau's pleasantest hours are spent during this kind of weather:

5. "We are underbred and low-lived and..."

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