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Henry David Thoreau - Walden Answers

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Read the excerpt from Walden.[A]s the sun arose, I saw it [the pond] throwing off its nightly clothing of mist, and here and there, by degrees, its soft ripples or its smooth reflecting surface was revealed, while the mists, like ghosts, were stealthily withdrawing in every direction into the woods, as at the breaking up of some nocturnal conventicle [secret meeting].In the excerpt, Thoreau uses imagery to describe

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fog slowly rising from the surface of the pond.
B
a fierce wind blowing water across the pond.
C
insects floating peacefully above the pond.
D
a soft, warm light shining on the pond.
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Read the excerpt from Walden.The repose is never complete. The wildest animals do not repose, but seek their prey now; the fox, and skunk, and rabbit, now roam the fields and woods without fear. They are Nature’s watchmen—links which connect the days of animated life.What natural phenomenon is referred to in this excerpt?

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the phases of the moon
B
the food chain
C
the rotation of the earth
D
the metamorphosis of animals
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In the first paragraph of “Conclusion” in Walden, how does Thoreau explain his departure from the woods?

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He explains that he left the woods because he had nothing left to write about.
B
He views his departure as a rejection of the idea of living in nature.
C
He explains that he left because he was no longer comfortable in the woods.
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He explains his departure as the movement from one part of his life to another.

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