TEST - 37

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” which farm does Thoreau almost purchase but loses due to the wife’s refusal?

• Fair Haven
• Hollowell
• Lincoln Meadow
• Concord Lot

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” how many miles from the village was the Hollowell place?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Thoreau says he had only this coin when offered ten dollars for the farm:

• Five cents
• Ten cents
• One shilling
• Two shillings

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Thoreau quotes which line: “I am monarch of all I survey”?

• Wordsworth
• Cowper
• Pope
• Gray

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” which feature does NOT appear in the Hollowell description?

• Apple trees
• Grey buildings
• Granite quarry
• River bank

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Thoreau states he could do without the:

• Church
• Post-office
• School-house
• Bank

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” how many times is the word “Simplicity” repeated?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Thoreau says, “Morning is when I am awake and there is a _ in me.”

• Light
• Dawn
• Sun
• Spark

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” the highest of arts is “to affect the _ of the day.”

• Quality
• Mood
• Spirit
• Thought

In “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Thoreau says, “Time is but the _ I go a-fishing in.”

• Stream
• Lake
• River
• Ocean