Walden Study Guide ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
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Walden Study Guide ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
Where was Thoreau when he wrote this book and how long did he stay there? - CORRECT
ANSWER- He lived in Walden pine, about 1.5 miles from Concord Massachusetts. He
lived there for 2 years and 2 months
What does it mean when the ne...
Walden Study Guide ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
Where was Thoreau when he wrote this book and how long did he stay there? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔He lived in Walden pine, about 1.5 miles from Concord Massachusetts. He
lived there for 2 years and 2 months
What does it mean when the neighbors called his way of life impertinent? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Inappropriate.
About what kinds of things did Thoreau's neighbors question him? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔1. What he eats
2. What if he didn't feel lonesome
3. What if he wasn't afraid
4. What portion of his income was devoted to charity
5. How many poor did he maintain.
Why does Thoreau use first person in this book? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1. They are his
ideas
2. He knows himself most.
Concerning the readers of the book, Thoreau says, "I trust that none will stretch the seams in
putting on the coat, for it may do good service to whom it fits." what does this mean? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔This means that some of his ideas won't fit your point of view but
some might be useful.
Who does Thoreau want to speak to and about what in his book? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔The people of New England. He wants to talk about how the world sees them and their
current situation in the world.
Bramins - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The highests caste in the Hindu belief. They were born
into the life of priesthood and devotion to their gods.
,List the punishments Brahmins have been known to inflict upon themselves? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔1. Sitting exposed to 4 fires
2. Looking at the sun
3. hanging, suspended
4. looking at the sky over the shoulder
5. fasting unless it's a liquid.
How do the punishments above and the 12 labors of Hercules compare. according to Thoreau,
with the undertakings of his neighbors. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The punishments had an
end for Hercules and the Brahmins. The ones his neighbors partake in never end.
What does the allusion of the Hydra suggest about how New Englanders live their lives? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔they try to get rid of their problems but 2 more grow from the
"stump" of the solved problem. It never ends and they have no Iolas to stop the heads from
growing.
Why is Thoreau think it is bad to inherit a farm? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔You can inherit
it, but you have to care for it at such an early age that much of life is spent on the farm and
not living life.
What does owning these things do to a person? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Owning farms
consume people due their size. The amount of work required to care and keep the farm
running. someone who has to work from birth to death and the cycle never ends because their
offspring will inherit the farm and so on.
What is the mistake for which men labor? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The good part of
them is grinded down. They lose themselves to work.
What happens to the things they keep for the future? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They will
perish or be stolen.
What does Thoreau mean when he says we have a "blind obedience to a blundering oracle" -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They follow lies and don't question anything
, factitious - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔made up
what does thoreau say about how we live our lives? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He says that
the lives we live are disconnected and instead of thinking about the relationships we have
with each other and being a community, work is all that matters.
What does the long quote mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔We have been so focused on
work that we have lost sight in the real world what it means to live. We live like work is our
purpose when it really isn't. Our job is to take care of each other as a community.
In this paragraph, Throeau gives a view of the ... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He says that
everyday that they work praying that the next day they can pay off the debt but in the end
they never do.
"the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation?" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A majority of
men are helpless but don't show it because they have to work.
They people honestly think there is no choice left? in the way they live their lives? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They think that the life that they have won't change and they will
be stuck in endless work. They choose to live the same life instead of changing.q
No way of thinking or doing.. can be trusted without proof? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The
way you think, your opinion, has to be proven.
What does he say about the old and young? And the advice the old have given him? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The old aren't a good teacher for the young. They lived
completely different lives and wouldn't know the life we live now. He has taken nothing from
older people.
What does he say about the experience old people have? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The
experience they have is only partially there for they can not remember it all. They think they
have failed.
What does the story of the ox tell us about the way some people think. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔They are hypocrites and like harassing others.
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