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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What attracted Thoreau to the farm?
(a) The house.
(b) The landscape.
(c) Its crop production.
(d) Its remoteness.

3. What writer does the French Canadian Woodsman love?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Milton.

4. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet..."
(a) Contentment.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Terror.
(d) Desperation.

5. Thoreau states his residence at Walden was more favorable to thought and serious reading than what institution?
(a) A seminary.
(b) A library.
(c) A think tank.
(d) A university.

6. In what does Thoreau claim to have indulged very little?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Literature.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Philanthropy.

7. What is Thoreau's shelter at Walden Pond?
(a) A cave.
(b) A small house.
(c) An abandoned shanty.
(d) A tent.

8. Why is Thoreau put in jail?
(a) For failing to pay a tax.
(b) For writing a controversial article.
(c) For stealing.
(d) For not returning library books.

9. What did Thoreau do during his first summer at Walden Pond?
(a) Wrote a book.
(b) Hoed beans.
(c) Studied Philosophy.
(d) Read Books.

10. What does Thoreau think Concord should become?
(a) A major railway stop.
(b) A tourist town.
(c) A town of historical significance.
(d) A patron of the fine arts.

11. What does Thoreau usually do after hoeing?
(a) Talks to his neighbor.
(b) Swims in the pond.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Rests in the shade.

12. How close is Thoreau's nearest neighbor?
(a) One mile.
(b) Three miles.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) Two miles.

13. What kind of fish is most abundant in Walden Pond?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Perch.
(c) Pickerel.
(d) Trout.

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

15. Where does Thoreau believe intellectual societies are confined?
(a) Europe.
(b) New York.
(c) Literary circles.
(d) Paris and Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."

2. What are the necessities of life?

3. For what does Thoreau feel sympathy?

4. In terms of the bean-field, what was Thoreau's greatest enemy?

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

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