Thoreau Trivia

The name of the author is . . . .

• David Henry Thoreau

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Edgar Allen Poe

The author advocated. . . and. . .

• studying nature

• rejected a lifestyle dedicated to the pursuit of wealth

• simple, mindful living

• studying law

The author was born and raised in . . .

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Detroit, Michigan

• Concord, Massachusetts

• Houston, Texas

Thoreau was remembered as one of the first. . .

• enviornomentalist

• economist

• politician

• conformist

One example of Thoreau's nonconformity was . . . .

• when he conspired with Alexander Hamilton to overthrow the government.

• while at Harvard, he was supposed to wear a black coat but he wore a green one instead.

• when he wrote his Manifesto Destiny at Walden Pond.

• when he ran for president of the US.

Thoreau promoted. . . protest.

• malevolent

• violent

• nonviolent

• angry

Thoreau served as an example for . . .

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Malcom X

• John Muir

• Martin Luther King Jr.

The picture on page 391 shows just shadows because

• he or she didn't know what their faces looked like.

• they are no longer individuals distinguished by wealth, race, age or gender.

• the people moved and the picture was blurry.

• the photographer wanted to equalize the people in the crowd.

Thoreau spent a night in jail because. . .

• he didn't pay his child support.

• he didn't pay his taxes to the IRS.

• he refused to pay a poll tax.

• he had committed grand theft.

A poll tax was a tax charged by the government so a citizen could vote.

• true

• false

• False, it was a tax for owning polls.