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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "He that does not eat need not..."
(a) Work.
(b) Live.
(c) Toil.
(d) Hunger.

2. Who carried the Iliad with him on his expeditions?
(a) Magellan.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Edmund Hillary.
(d) Captain James Cook.

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

4. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy..."
(a) Hardship.
(b) Youth.
(c) Bounty.
(d) Despair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thoreau's shelter at Walden Pond?

2. What kind of tree is two feet in diameter?

3. What does Thoreau uncover as he hoes the bean-field?

4. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?

5. In total, how much does it cost for Thoreau to build his house?

(see the answer key)

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