from "Walden"

from "Walden"

11th Grade

9 Qs

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from "Walden"

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Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RL.2.6, RI. 9-10.6, RI. 9-10.2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Thoreau, contentment is

boring.

desirable.

common.

impossible.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Thoreau believes that he was wisest

when he was born.

when he decided to live at Walden Pond.

while he was living at Walden Pond.

when he decided to leave Walden Pond.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thoreau's home on Walden Pond could best be described as a

tent.

cabin.

mansion.

houseboat.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Thoreau's attitude toward newspapers and letters is one of

fondness.

fascination.

annoyance.

grudging acceptance.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Thoreau says, "I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another," he means that physical closeness

is enough.

is all that people can really hope for.

doesn't guarantee intellectual or spiritual closeness.

can feel the same as intellectual or spiritual closeness

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thoreau decided to leave Walden Pond because he

had grown lonely.

felt that it was time to do other things.

didn't find what he had hoped to find there.

knew that he would never truly feel at home there.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following quotations contains a metaphor?

"I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand."

"The upright white hewn studs and freshly planed door and window casings gave it a clean and airy look."

"Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow."

"Hardly a man takes a half hour's nap after dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, 'What's the news?'"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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