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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of fish is most abundant in Walden Pond?
(a) Perch.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Pickerel.
(d) Trout.

2. What was Thoreau doing in the village when he was arrested?
(a) Selling beans.
(b) Buying a newspaper.
(c) Picking up a shoe from the cobbler's.
(d) Having a drink at the bar-room.

3. "The true husbandman will cease from..."
(a) Toil.
(b) Idleness.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Fear.

4. "Be it life or death, we crave only..."
(a) Freedom.
(b) Love.
(c) Truth.
(d) Reality.

5. In a battle recorded by Olus Magnus, what do the victorious ants do?
(a) Form a circle around their dead enemies.
(b) Eat the bodies of their dead enemies.
(c) Enslave the young of their enemy hive.
(d) Bury the bodies of their own soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The adventurous student will always study..."

2. What does Thoreau claim is the cure for his ailments?

3. What is the destiny of the human race?

4. Who or what does Thoreau visit?

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

(see the answer key)

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