Walden
Where I Lived, and What I lived For
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
The Pond in Winter
Life Concepts- Miscellaneous
100
Fill in the Blank: "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his ________ to the legislator?"
What is Conscience- Found on page 68
100
What word matches this definition - The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong. Thoreau discusses this concept very often as what should be more important than any other government in a society.
What is Conscience
100
The Pond in Winter is referred to as which of the following under ones feet. a) Hell b) Conscience c) Prevalence d) Heaven
What is d) Heaven
100
Above all, what is a main point Walden stresses in life from the options below? a) Making your name known b) Being smart c) Simplicity d) Enforcing government
What is c) simplicity. "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand" (97). So, he stresses living life simply and not getting involved in so much that you end up missing out on life.
200
While at Walden, animals become some of the only movement and interactions Thoreau experiences, so he grows very accustomed to them. They symbolize which of the following (select all that apply) A) His hatred for people B) His withdrawal from society C) His increasing affection for the Natural world D) His plotting to take over the World E) Human traits (he personifies them) F) Anger at society
What is B (His withdrawal from society), C (His increasing affection for the Natural world) and E (Human traits (he personifies them))
200
When one wishes to live "consciously and intentionally; on purpose", it is inferred that they wish to live this way...
What is DELIBERATELY. Henry David Thoreau wishes to live deliberately, so he goes to Walden Pond to contemplate life and get away from all its distractions. Harry the squirrel also does this by moving to Tree-country.
200
The meaning of the ____ and _____ that covers the pond in winter is that it hides the "trembling" surface from the world around it. It is no longer as vulnerable to the movements around it and can hide the life within it.
What is snow and ice. The pond "Becomes solid to the depth of a foot or a foot and a half, so that it will support the heaviest teams, and perchance the snow covers it to an equal depth, and it is not to be distinguished from any level field" (304).
200
Said to be the necessary "machine" of government, and defined as "The violation of right or the rights of others".
What is Injustice. Found on page 376 of Civil Disobedience.
300
What appears to be the motive for Thoreau's move to the woods?
What is the want to live deliberately? He believes that without going to the woods, he could be wasting his life away in a chaotic country with a government that is doing nothing right. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear” (96).
300
"It's not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the _____ of any, even the most enormous wrong..." Which of the following makes the most sense in the blank: a) Individualism b) Inexpedience c) Eradication d) Injustice
What is c) Eradication- found on page 368
300
"You look into his pail with wonder as into a summer pond, as if he kept summer locked up at home, or knew where she had retreated" (305) Thoreau is personifying summer to describe the mystery of these people...
What is "wild men"? This quote is on page 305. These wild men are a mystery to society, and this quote shows they revolve around nature more than the study of nature done by naturalists does, because "wild men" know all of its secrets.
300
"But a government in which the ______ ____ in all cases cannot be based on justice" A way of taking votes in a government in which Thoreau believes is not based off of the right concept, as it should be based off of ones conscience.
What is majority rule, found on page 361.
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In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau refers to this as a sort of gaming.
What is voting. "All voting is a sort of gaming, like chequers or black gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions" (366).
400
Analyze this quote- "Like the Marmots in the surrounding hills, it closes its eyelids and becomes dormant for three months or more" (304).
If your answer explores any of the following ideas in some way, it is correct: -The pond is referred to as "sensitive to every breath" during the rest of the year, but in winter it isn't moved by the nature around it -There is life under the ice that is able to be blocked out from the rest of the world for about 3 months -Can hide what is within it, and under the surface
400
Fill in the blanks for the words that best fit the definitions. A- Convenient or practical, although possibly improper or immoral VS B- Not suitable or practical. Most governments are usually not suitable or practical. This is referring to A._____ VS B._______
What is Expedient VS Inexpedient
500
Open-Ended: “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison” In terms of "Harrys Big Idea", and based on the themes within it, how do you believe this quote ties into the story?
This quote can be found on page 373. This quote is the thought process that would be going through Harry's mind when Dave sends him away for not following the rules. He found that to be unjust, and set off to live in the country. So, if a government is going to imprison people unjustly, than a prison might as well be where all men just or not, belong. There is no wrong answer for this, as this is just to get your brain flowing and thinking about his quote and its relation to the story.
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