Reading Comprehension Quiz (Henry David Thoreau, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience”)
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Henry David Thoreau, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience”
Read “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
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13.11 Thoreau states that he objects to a standing army. Why?
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13.12 How might Thoreau’s attitude about the United States government be characterized?
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13.13 Thoreau utilizes a metaphor to characterize the government in paragraph 8. What is the metaphor?
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13.14 Who does Thoreau blame for not abolishing slavery?
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13.15 Thoreau writes: “I am into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong.” What does he mean by this?
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13.16 Hypothetically, where does Thoreau suggest one should find a righteous Southern man?
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13.17 What is “the best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich”?
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13.18 Why doesn’t Thoreau’s cell mate in prison fight to get out more quickly?
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13.19 Why does Thoreau say he pays the highway taxes?
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13.20 The pronouns “he,” “his” and “him” in paragraph 42 all refer to
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