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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?
(a) A muskrat family.
(b) A large turtle.
(c) A school of perch.
(d) A heron.

2. What does Thoreau follow all the way into town?
(a) A river.
(b) Road signs.
(c) A wooded path.
(d) The railroad.

3. In terms of the bean-field, what was Thoreau's greatest enemy?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Deer.
(d) Woodchucks.

4. What animal does Thoreau describe as "rudimental, burrowing men"?
(a) Woodchucks.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Wolves.

5. "Objects of charity are not..."
(a) Invited.
(b) Guests.
(c) Desirable.
(d) Welcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. "In dealing with truth we are..."

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

3. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?

4. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?

5. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...

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