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1
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Thoreau uses the example of a fire in Walden to explain how…

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People spend too much time on everyone else’s business

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2
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A misgiving is a feeling of…

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Doubt

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3
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Deliberately…

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In an unhurried and thoughtful way

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4
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To pervade means to….

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Spread through all parts of something

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According to “Civil Disobedience”, people become “wood and earth and stones” when they..

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Follow an unjust government without thought

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In both essays, Thoreau seems to say that

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The mind is more important than the body

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What does impetuous mean?

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Hasty

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If people are congenial, they are….

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Suited to your needs

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What figurative language does Thoreau use in “Civil Disobedience” to clarify his concept of how to deal with unjust laws?

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He compares government to a machine and injustice to levers, springs and pulleys

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10
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How does the author describe newspapers in both essays?

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Full of useless information

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11
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What does abject mean?

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Contemptible

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12
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To transgress means to..

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Violate a law

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13
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If someone is congenial, that person is…

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Agreeable

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14
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Where did the author live in Walden…

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In the woods near a lake

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15
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What is perturbation?

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Agitation

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16
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What does deliberately mean?

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Thoughtfully

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17
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Thoreau left woods in Walden because he believed that…

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It was time for him to start a new part of his life

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At the conclusion of Walden, the author uses the imagery of a beaten path to explain why he…

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Decided it was time to leave

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Which statement best explains Thoreau’s objections to a standing government in “Civil Disobedience bedience”?

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Government is sometimes inconvenient and can be abused

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20
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The author pitied the state for putting him in prison because the action showed that the state…

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Could punish only his body but not his thoughts

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21
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How are the traveler and the hostler in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” different?

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The hostler interacts with nature and the traveler passes by nature

22
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How does the poet use rhymes between the stanza to emphasize the permanence of the tides of “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”?

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The first, second and last lines of each stanza rhyme

23
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Based upon the poem, why would you infer the traveler is returning to town?

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He is heading home before darkness

24
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In the first stanza of “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls”, the poet develops the idea of…

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Endless tides

25
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Name the literary device being employed:

“Darkness settles on roofs and walls,/ but the sea in the darkness calls and calls.”

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Personification

26
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The speaker of “A Psalm of Life” would most likely describe life as a….

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Journey

27
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Name the author of the following lines:

“The steeds in their stalls/ Stamp and neigh, as the hostler call;”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

28
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The speaker in “A Psalm of Life” highlights life’s difficulties when he or she says life is like…

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A field of battle

29
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In the traditional poem “A Psalm of Life”, Longfellow most likely uses end rhyme in lines 29 and 31 to…

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Emphasize the connection of all people

30
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Name the author of the following lines:

“Darkness settles on roofs and walls,/ But the sea in the darkness calls and calls.”

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

31
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The two poems are different because….

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One depicts nature as caring and the other depicts nature as indifferent to human life

32
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Longfellow may use the rhyme scheme in the fifth stanza of “Psalm of Life” to help you remember that you should…

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Engage in life instead of watch it go by

33
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From reading the poem, the time of the day the poem takes place is best described as which of the following?

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Twilight

34
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Lines 6-7 of “Tide Rises the Tide Falls” most likely highlight Longfellow’s view that..

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Time passes without concern for humans

35
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The two poems are similar because they…

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Depicts nature as lasting forever

36
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Name the work

“The steeds in their stalls/ Stamp neigh, as the hostler calls;”

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“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

37
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Name the literary device being employed.

“The steeds in their stalls/Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;”

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Onomatatopeia

38
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In “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”which lines best exemplifies aspects of Romanticism?

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Line 9

39
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What is the basic meaning of the first stanza of the traditional poem “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls?

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The tide rises and falls and the birds sing as the traveler goes toward town

40
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“The Tide Rises, the tide Falls” begins at twilight and ends at…

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Dawn

41
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What image do both poets use to discuss human acts?

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Footprints

42
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What does the speaker of “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls” explain about human life?

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It ends but the world continues

43
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The line “And the tide rises and the tide falls” is best described as which poetic device?

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Refrain

44
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What time frame do the events of “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls’ happen in?

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Twilight to dawn

45
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What does the speaker say you should do lines 21-23 of “Psalm of Life”?

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Act in the present instead of the past or future

46
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The word “hasten” in line 4 means…

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Quickly

47
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Name the work of the following passage:

“Darkness settles on roofs and walls,/ but the sea in the darkness calls and calls”

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The tide rises the tide falls

48
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Reread the sixth stanza of “A Psalm of Life.” What two things does the speaker say you need to live life fully ?

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Heart and God

49
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The line: :The little waves, with their soft, white hands” is an example of which poetic device?

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Personifican

50
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In “The Tide Rises and The Tide Falls” lines 1 and 2 are an example of which poetic device?

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Couplet

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