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Thoreau Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the overall tone of this excerpt from Walden? | sincere and reflective |
| What does Thoreau say resignation really means? | desperation |
| Thoreau says that the "most memorable season of the day" is | morning |
| All poets and heroes, like Memnon, are the children of Aurora, and emit their music at sunrise. | The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. |
| Here is life, an experiment to great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it. | Practically, the old have no very important advice to give the young. |
| I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand. | An honest man had hardly need to count more than his ten fingers. |
| Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made. | A living dog is better than a dead lion. |
| There is no play in them, for this comes after work. | The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. |
| Thoreau says he leaves the woods because | he has other lives to live. |
| Which of the following is a synonym for ethereal in the phrase, "they would of necessity rise to a higher and more ethereal life"? | spiritual |
| The experience the author describes occurs after she has been __ all day. | driving |
| The poet's sense of touch is awakened by a small __. | puppy |
| Thoreau says is is never too late to | give up our prejudices. |
| Most of all, Thoreau values | individuality |
| Which word best completes the following sentence? Since she knew what she was doing, she considered his instructions to be __. | superfluous |
| What seems to be Thoreau's attitude toward the way most humans live their lives? | mildly critical |
| The author's moment of extraordinary awareness occurs as she is looking at an enormous __. | mountain |
| In what way is this excerpt form Walden like most poetry? | It uses figurative language. |
| According to the author, the __ is "an invisible electron; its lightning path traced faintly on a blackened screen is fleet, and fleeting, and gone. | present |
| A theme is a central message or perception about life revealed through a literary work. Which of the following best describes the theme of "The Present"? | It is important to fully experience and cherish the present. |
| What was Thoreau's main purpose in writing Walden? | to describe |
| Thoreau says that "the mass of men lead lives of quiet | none of these |
| Which of the following phrase means the opposite of the phrase "torpid state"? | "without inconvenience" |
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