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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thoreau's net income from his farm?

2. In what does Thoreau claim to have indulged very little?

3. "Nature has no human inhabitant who..."

4. Thoreau hates the name of what local pond ?

5. How close is Thoreau's nearest neighbor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Thoreau love owls?

5. Why does Thoreau advocate living "free and uncommitted"?

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

7. How does Thoreau clean his house?

8. What suggestions does Thoreau make to improve the state of culture in Concord?

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

10. How does Thoreau bond with the old fisherman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about an aspect of Global Warming. How is it caused? What are the potential consequences? What can be done to change this process?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the history of Concord. Be sure to address:

1 - When the town was founded

2 - Key figures in the development of the town and surrounding area.

3 - Significant events that shaped and impacted the community.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about an animal of your choice. Explain its habitat, diet and physical characteristics. How does it interact with other animals? What impact does it have on human life?

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