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.

Question 13.11 Thoreau states that he objects to a standing army. Why?

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Question 13.12 How might Thoreau’s attitude about the United States government be characterized?

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Question 13.13 Thoreau utilizes a metaphor to characterize the government in paragraph 8. What is the metaphor?

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Question 13.14 Who does Thoreau blame for not abolishing slavery?

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Question 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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Question 13.16 Hypothetically, where does Thoreau suggest one should find a righteous Southern man?

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Question 13.17 What is “the best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich”?

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Question 13.18 Why doesn’t Thoreau’s cell mate in prison fight to get out more quickly?

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Question 13.19 Why does Thoreau say he pays the highway taxes?

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Question 13.20 The pronouns “he,” “his” and “him” in paragraph 42 all refer to

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