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Psalm of Life/Ride of Paul Revere
Self-Reliance
Civil Disobedience
Walden
100
  • What does he mean when he says “be not like dumb driven cattle”?

Don’t follow the crowd

100
  • In “Self-Reliance”, he says “Envy is ________________________________.”

ignorance

100
  • Thoreau believed in __________________________________ resistance.

non-violent 

100
  • Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. What is he saying about time?
  • It continues on like the current of a stream with no regard for us
200

What does he mean when he says “leave footprints in the sands of time”?

Make a mark on this world

200
  • In the essay, he says “imitation is __________________________________.”

suicide

200
  • He believed it was every citizen’s _______________________ to oppose unjust laws.

Duty

200
  • Thoreau believes his wisest day:

day he was born

300

What is the theme of the poem?         

It is important to make the most of your life and live in the moment.

300
  1. He finally says, “It is great to be _____________________________________.”

misunderstood

300
  • The author of Civil Disobedience would not pay taxes because he would not support _________________________________ and ____________________________________

Mexican-American War and slavery

300

What best describes what the word “mean”as it is used in Walden?

lowly

400
  • What does he mean when he says “the fate of a nation was riding that night”?

the future of the country was relying on him

400

What does he mean with “the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

Great men can be themselves in a group

400

“That government is best which governs least” means:

we should give more power to the individual citizens      

400

Explain Thoreau's figurative use of the word “burrowing” in line "My head is an organ for burrowing" What is he digging for?

knowledge/truth

500

What does the phrase “How the farmers gave them ball for ball,” mean in the poem?

The colonialists shot at the British as much as they shot at them

500
  • What does warn against when he says “the terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency, a reverence for our past.”

Doing what you’ve always done

500

 I think that we should be men first and subjects afterward. 


Subjects to what?

government 

500

Explain the line: “Our life is frittered away by detail”

our lives are wasted by focusing on little things of no importance