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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came the farthest to visit Thoreau in the winter?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A poet.
(d) A farmer.

2. How long does Thoreau stay in jail?
(a) One day.
(b) A month.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

3. "The true husbandman will cease from..."
(a) Idleness.
(b) Toil.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Fear.

4. Thoreau calls the train an "iron..."
(a) Monstrosity.
(b) Horse.
(c) Beast.
(d) Dragon.

5. Who does Thoreau meet when taking shelter from a thunder storm?
(a) John Field and his family.
(b) His school teacher.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) The governor of Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Walden Pond between his childhood and the time he moved there?

2. On what day in 1852 was Walden first completely open?

3. What does Thoreau do when ice first forms on the pond?

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

5. What winter bird does Thoreau amuse himself by watching?

(see the answer key)

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