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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "As long as possible live free and..."
(a) Unconcerned.
(b) Unhindered.
(c) Uncommitted.
(d) Unattached.

2. Who does Thoreau help toward the north star?
(a) A runaway slave.
(b) A woodsman.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A railroad employee.

3. What book does Thoreau keep on his table throughout the summer?
(a) Homer's Iliad.
(b) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(c) Cervantes' Don Quixote.
(d) The Bible.

4. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?
(a) Mill Pond.
(b) Fish Pond.
(c) White Pond.
(d) Flint's Pond.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Thoreau begin hoeing every day?

2. When Thoreau began living in the woods, his "house was not finished, but was merely a defense against the..."

3. What does Thoreau state men have lost when planting crops?

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

5. What was the name of the family Thoreau bought a farm from and then returned the ownership to them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thoreau compare men to the stars and planets?

2. What kind of 'music' does Thoreau make while hoeing the bean-field?

3. What does Thoreau mean when he says "The whole body is one sense"?

4. What effect does Thoreau claim nature has on man?

5. Why is Thoreau so unhappy with the state of culture in Concord?

6. Why does Thoreau believe that Huckleberries lose their flavor before they go to market?

7. How does Thoreau describe the development of his relationship with the forest and Walden Pond?

8. How does Thoreau explain his relationship with his beans?

9. How does Thoreau bond with the old fisherman?

10. How does Thoreau say he became more intimate with his beans?

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