View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal's sound ushers in the night?

2. Why does Thoreau reject the suggestion of owning a visitor's book?

3. What was Thoreau doing in the village when he was arrested?

4. According to legend, after whom was Walden Pond named?

5. What does Thoreau see in the clear water of the pond one November day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Thoreau bond with the old fisherman?

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

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

7. Why does Thoreau despise the railway?

8. Why does Thoreau state that his midnight fishing excursions were memorable and valuable?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay recounting the history of your area. When was your town/city founded? Who were the people instrumental in shaping the development of the area? What were the significant events that affected your town/city?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing the personal philosophies of another author involved in the Transcendentalist Movement with those belonging to Thoreau.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the process of food production. Where does our food come from? How does it get from the farm to the table? How much of our diet is grown locally and how much is grown internationally? How can our food production system be improved?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 871 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample