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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. For what purpose does Thoreau believe most men have learned to read?
(a) Convenience.
(b) Education.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Pleasure.

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

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

4. What does Thoreau state was a pleasant pastime?
(a) Visiting friends.
(b) Housework.
(c) The theater.
(d) Listening to music.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what do the smells from the train remind Thoreau?

2. What kind of bird does an old man tell Thoreau used to frequent the pond?

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

4. What are the necessities of life?

5. What fruit never reaches Boston?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thoreau feel about taking life lessons from books?

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

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

4. What is Thoreau's theory about entertaining visitors?

5. How does Thoreau compare the people in the village to muskrats?

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

7. Why does Thoreau think that there would be no stealing if everyone lived the same way he did?

8. Why does Thoreau decide to live such an isolated life at Walden Pond?

9. What reaction do the people of Concord have to Thoreau's lifestyle?

10. What effect did Thoreau's isolation have on his social life?

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