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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. "I have never found the companion that was so companionable as..."
(a) God.
(b) Myself.
(c) Solitude.
(d) A book.

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

3. What animal's sound ushers in the night?
(a) The whip-poor-will's cry.
(b) The coyote's yelp.
(c) The hawk's scream.
(d) The bullfrog's trump.

4. Which book are most men satisfied by reading or having read to them?
(a) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Farmer's Almanac.
(d) Virgil's Aeneid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thoreau states that fewer people came to see him at Walden Pond on...

2. How much does Thoreau spend on supplies for his bean-field?

3. "I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of..."

4. What gets struck by lighting during a heavy thunder-shower?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it mean to "live deliberately"?

2. Why does Thoreau love owls?

3. What does Thoreau think is a 'surprising and memorable experience,' and why?

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

5. How does Thoreau feel about walking home from town late at night in the dark?

6. What does Thoreau believe will happen if general American society begins supporting education?

7. Why does Thoreau hate the name 'Flint's Pond'?

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

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

10. Why does Thoreau believe that people should read the classics?

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