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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Thoreau state men have lost when planting crops?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Money.
(d) Knowledge.

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

4. "I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of..."
(a) Witches.
(b) The devil.
(c) Their imaginations.
(d) The dark.

5. What is Thoreau's shelter at Walden Pond?
(a) A small house.
(b) A tent.
(c) An abandoned shanty.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?

2. What time does Thoreau begin hoeing every day?

3. What is the name of the Plymouth Colony governor who wasn't fed by the king of the tribe he visited?

4. "If you would be chaste, you must be..."

5. "Walden is a perfect forest mirror" in which season?

(see the answer key)

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