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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "I am convinced, that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, ... would be unknown."
(a) Crime and lawlessness.
(b) Hunger and want.
(c) War and conflict.
(d) Thieving and robbery.

2. Which building is NOT listed by Thoreau as a vital building in the village?
(a) School.
(b) Bar-room.
(c) Grocery.
(d) Post Office.

3. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?
(a) Virgil's Aeneid.
(b) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
(c) The Farmer's Almanac.
(d) The Bible.

4. Thoreau feels it isn't important to provide this for his visitors.
(a) Food.
(b) Drink.
(c) Conversation.
(d) A place to sit.

5. Which bird does Thoreau doubt has ever profaned Walden Pond?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A finch.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) A seagull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one Concord Trader use as a sign for his store?

2. What animal does Thoreau kill and eat after it ravages his bean-field?

3. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?

4. Where is John Field from?

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

(see the answer key)

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