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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of bird does Thoreau begin to see again in April?
(a) Geese.
(b) Robins.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Pigeons.

2. What item does Thoreau discover missing?
(a) A volume of Homer.
(b) His hoe.
(c) His flint.
(d) His fountain pen.

3. "If you would be chaste, you must be..."
(a) Innocent.
(b) Temperate.
(c) Mindful.
(d) Pure.

4. "I wanted to live deeply and..."
(a) Like each day was my last.
(b) Experience everything the world offered.
(c) To the fullest.
(d) Suck out all the marrow if life.

5. Who exerted an influence on mankind more than kings and emperors?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Priests.
(d) Authors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused John Farmer to contemplate his life?

2. "Objects of charity are not..."

3. Where have loons been caught with fishing hooks, eighty feet below the water's surface?

4. What does Thoreau do to test the strength of the ice?

5. What is the length of Thoreau's bean rows added together?

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