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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What college did Thoreau attend?
Amherst
Oxford
Harvard
Yale
¨Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called conforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive ________ to the elevation of mankind¨
helps
hindrances
impediments
improvements
¨The expression ¨Animal life¨, is nearly synonymous with the expression, ...
á la mode
Animal heat
Fuel
Human life
"For a long time I was reporter to a journal, of no
very wide circulation, whose editor has never yet
seen fit to print the bulk of my _______.
intersections
prescriptions
transmissions
contributions
He planted his acres mostly with:
arugula
carrots
beans
rice
What time did he have free and clear for study?
All year
Summer and winter
Spring and autumn
Summer and spring
This is NOT a topic presented by Thoreau in this chapter:
Philosophers
Needs and luxuries
Philanthropy
poetry
What kind of text does Thoreau add at the end of the chapter?
A letter
A bill
A poem
A sonnet
With which of the following statements would Thoreau NOT agree?
Man's genius is often suppressed by the myriad details of everyday life.
Philosophical thought and an awareness of life are best engendered by living in a natural setting.
Although poetry and art are highly admirable products, it is nobler to be a productive, working citizen.
With each dawn, a new life begins with possibilities
"Nations are possessed with an insane ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered ______they leave.
stone
wood
art
science
