Civil Disobedience (Paragraphs 19-23)

If a law requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, what does Thoreau suggest you do?

In the business of amending laws, what is the "evil" that causes it to take too much time?

• Legislature

• Governor

• Constitution

• The State

What does Thoreau suggest the Abolitionists in Massachusetts do?

If one honest man were to cease paying his taxes and cease holding slaves, what would be the outcome?

• Neighbors would become neighborly

• The abolition of slavery

• The man would be hung and made a martyr

• Massachusetts would deport the man to another state

Complete the sentence: For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be:... (check spelling)

What was the occupation of Thoreau's neighbor?

• Tax Collector

• Postman

• Police Officer

• Councilman

Where can a free man abide with honor?

• Off the grid

• In their own home

• Out at sea

• In a prison

According to Thoreau, how can people accomplish a “peaceable revolution”?

Thoreau compares government to a machine. In his comparison, what should a good person do with this machine?

• A good person should be like a mechanic that fixes the machine.

• A good person should be like a broken part that stops the machine from working.

• A good person should stop using the machine altogether

• A good person is a machine herself.