Chapter II: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For Quiz — Walden Pond

Which farm did Thoreau nearly purchase before moving to Walden Pond?

• The Baker farm
• The Hollowell farm
• The Emerson farm
• The Flint farm

On what symbolically significant date did Thoreau move into his cabin?

• New Year's Day, 1845
• Independence Day, July 4, 1845
• The first day of spring, 1845
• Thanksgiving Day, 1845

What does Thoreau call his morning bath in Walden Pond?

• A luxury he could not afford
• A religious exercise
• A necessary chore
• A social obligation

What does Thoreau mean by his wordplay on "sleepers" in the railroad passage?

• Railroad passengers who fall asleep during travel
• Both the wooden ties under railroad tracks and the unconscious workers upon whom progress rides
• Animals that hibernate near the railroad tracks
• Night-shift workers who build railroads while others sleep

According to Thoreau, what is news equivalent to?

• Essential civic information
• Gossip edited by old women over tea
• A form of education
• A moral duty to consume

What ancient text does Thoreau quote as saying "All intelligences awake with the morning"?

• The Bible
• Homer's Iliad
• The Vedas
• Plato's Republic

What metaphor does Thoreau use for time in the chapter's closing paragraph?

• A road stretching into darkness
• A stream he goes fishing in
• A clock that never stops ticking
• A mountain he must climb

What does Thoreau propose as an alternative to a Nilometer?

• A Weatherometer
• A Truthometer
• A Realometer
• A Simplicitometer

Thoreau successfully purchased the Hollowell farm and lived there before moving to Walden Pond.

Thoreau compares the hum of a mosquito in his cabin at dawn to a trumpet singing of fame.

In the context of this chapter, what does "somnolence" mean?

• Extreme hunger
• A state of drowsiness or inclination to sleep
• Deep sadness
• Physical exhaustion

What does "evitable" mean as Thoreau uses it in "superfluous and evitable wretchedness"?

• Inevitable and unavoidable
• Capable of being avoided; preventable
• Extremely evil or wicked
• Causing great excitement

What is a "conventicle" as Thoreau uses the word?

• A type of small boat
• A secret or unauthorized meeting
• A religious holiday
• A mountain peak