Chapter X: Baker Farm Quiz — Walden Pond

Where is Thoreau heading when the chapter begins?

• To visit John Field
• To go fishing at Fair Haven
• To explore Baker Farm
• To gather huckleberries

What kind of work does John Field do for a neighboring farmer?

• Plowing fields with oxen
• Turning up meadow with a spade (bogging)
• Harvesting crops
• Building stone walls

What does Thoreau compare pine groves to at the chapter's opening?

• Cathedrals and castles
• Temples and fleets at sea
• Gardens and palaces
• Mountains and rivers

According to Thoreau, what is "the only true America"?

• A land of unlimited material abundance
• A country where you can get tea, coffee, and meat every day
• A place where you are free to live without material excess
• A nation built on hard work and enterprise

What happens when Thoreau and John Field go fishing together?

• Both catch nothing
• Field catches more than Thoreau
• Thoreau catches a fair string while Field catches almost nothing
• They decide not to fish after all

What does Thoreau's "Good Genius" advise him to do?

• Return to civilization and find regular work
• Help John Field escape poverty
• Fish and hunt freely, rise before dawn, and grow wild
• Write a book about his experiences

What bait does John Field use to catch perch?

• Worms
• Shiners caught with fishworms
• Bread
• Insects

What natural phenomenon does Thoreau reference from Benvenuto Cellini's memoirs?

• A double rainbow
• A halo of light around one's shadow
• Lightning striking a tree
• The northern lights

Did Thoreau consider living at Baker Farm before moving to Walden Pond?

Did John Field immediately take Thoreau's advice and change his way of living?

What does "cynosure" mean as used in the phrase "the hope and cynosure of the world"?

• A burden or obstacle
• A center of attention or admiration
• A source of fear
• A distant destination

In context, what does "demurred" mean when "John demurred" at his wife's suggestion to go fishing?

• Agreed enthusiastically
• Left immediately
• Raised objections or hesitated
• Laughed out loud

What are "talaria" in the final sentence of the chapter?

• Heavy work boots
• Winged sandals from Greek mythology
• Fishing nets
• Bog plants