"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

Thoreau develops an antithesis in each of the following pairs from paragraph 1 EXCEPT

• "front only the essential facts of life" and "practice resignation"

• "mean" and "sublime"

• "devil" and "God"

• "suck out" and "rout"

• "genuine meanness" and "strange uncertainty"

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Paragraphs 1 and 2 contain each of the following EXCEPT

• a simile

• an oxymoron

• an allusion

• a paradox

• an extended metaphor

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By "my next excursion" Thoreau suggests his

• movement to a spiritual afterlife

• next hike in the Concord woods

• writing of his next book

• taking up a new profession

• upcoming trip into town

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In the second paragraph, Thoreau employs a play on words with which of the following?

• frittered

• quicksand

• sleepers

• dishes

• gang

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What is the antecedent of "it" in "It lives too fast" (middle of paragraph 2)?

• "our life"

• "German Confederacy"

• "rigid economy"

• "heedless expense"

• "nation itself"

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The speaker of the passage would most likely agree with which of the following statements?

• Clarity of purpose and a determined approach will bring success in life.

• The full meaning of life is only to be discovered in the afterlife.

• To understand life, it is essential for one to keep up with current events.

• Success in life is predicated by active measurement and calculation.

• The nation improves with the increased complexity of its interrelationships.

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Emerson and Thoreau were

• friends

• Transcendentalists

• Concord residents

• Nature lovers

• All of the above

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Thoreau lived at Walden Pond because

• He wanted to get away from Emerson

• He hated people

• He wanted to live simply

• He couldn't afford a real home

• None of the above

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Thoreau, in "Civil Disobedience,"

• criticizes the American government

• advocates for nonviolent protest of unjust governmental laws and policies

• advocates for anarchy

• expresses antipathy for self-reliance

• Both criticizes the government and advocates for nonviolent protest

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In Walden, Thoreau explores his interests in all of the following EXCEPT

• self-sufficiency

• journalism

• naturalism

• individualism

• simplicity

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