Unit 4 Review

Question 1

in the underlined sentence from Section 13 of Walden, Thoreau is personifying

Answer 1

the Pond

Question 2

what is the meaning of the aphorism below from Section 15 of Thoreau’s writings on Civil Disobedience?
Section 15: Thus the State never intentionally confronts a man’s sense, intellectual or moral, but only his body, his senses

Answer 2

government tries to get compliance by forcing the body, not by dealing with the moral sense of a man

Question 3

which of the following is not an aphorism

Answer 3

• sec 5: why has every man a conscience, then

Question 4

Thoreau’s purpose, as expressed in the underlined passage from Section 8 of Civil Disobedience, is

Answer 4

to convince men not to conform to an unjust government or to wait for the majority, but to resist

Question 5

in section 9 of his writings on Civil Disobedience, Thoreau tries to convince Abolitionists that

Answer 5

• they should withdraw their support of the government, not waiting to be a majority of one
• when you are right and have God on your side, you don’t need a majority to try to change things

Question 6

which is not an example of traditional poetic form

Answer 6

free verse