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Which best states the overall structure of Walden?

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The work describes the effect spending time in nature has on Thoreau, and then explains why it has that effect.
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The work describes Thoreau’s thoughts over the course of a year spent immersed in the natural world.
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The work compares Thoreau’s thoughts before coming to Walden to his thoughts afterward.
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The work shows how various problems Thoreau had before he came to Walden are solved by his retreat.
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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.
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a soft, warm light shining on the pond.
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Based on the ideas in Walden, how would Thoreau most likely feel about recent advances in technology, such as cell phones and handheld computers?

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He would feel they were important for the public good.
B
He would believe they were beneficial to providing solitude.
C
He would believe they were destructive to a person’s thinking ability.
D
He would feel they were impractical compared to earlier inventions.
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Read the excerpt from Walden.Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow.How does the excerpt relate to today’s culture?

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It supports the idea that people move too quickly and forget to experience the present moment.
B
It supports the idea that care and caution have become increasingly important in modern society.
C
It supports the notion that we are perpetually finding new ways to make progress.
D
It supports the notion that survival depends on our own determination.
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Read the excerpt from Walden.Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.Which best describes the purpose of the “thumb-nail” imagery?

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It illustrates Thoreau’s belief that a person’s responsibilities should include some manual labor.
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It illustrates Thoreau’s belief that most people waste their time attending to their bodies’ needs.
C
It emphasizes Thoreau’s belief that people should carefully choose their commitments.
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It emphasizes Thoreau’s belief that people should carefully record their accounts.
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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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