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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird comes to the pond in the fall?
(a) The loon.
(b) The goose.
(c) The swan.
(d) The cardinal.

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

3. What does Thoreau say he chanced upon one day?
(a) A family of deer.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) The end of a rainbow.
(d) Buried treasure.

4. What animal does Thoreau hear hunting with men?
(a) Horses.
(b) Falcons.
(c) Hounds.
(d) Hawks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?

3. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?

4. What man-made device can Thoreau hear from his window?

5. How often does Thoreau go to the village?

(see the answer key)

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