Question 6 (4 points)
Question 6 Unsaved
Then I said, "I covet truth; Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth:" — As I spoke, beneath my feet The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs; I inhaled the violet's breath; Around me stood the oaks and firs; Pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground; Over me soared the eternal sky, Full of light and of deity; Again I saw, again I heard, The rolling river, the morning bird; — Beauty through my senses stole; I yielded myself to the perfect whole.
In the passage above, what below does the speaker NOT see, smell, and hear after he vows to seek truth?
Question 6 options:
moss on trees
a child
flowers
a rolling river
Question 6
The correct answer is a child. He could see moss "The ground-pine curled its pretty wreath, Running over the club-moss burrs"; He also could see flower "I inhaled the violet's breath; and He also could see a rolling river "The rolling river, the morning bird"
Question 7 (4 points)
Question 7 Unsaved
In "Each and All", what does the speaker discover?
Question 7 options:
all elements of creation are part of "the perfect whole"
all elements of creation should be separated from each other
all elements of creation are "fair and good alone"
all elements of creation "sang to my eye"
The correct answer is " the perfect whole". According to this sentence "Beauty through my senses stole, I yielded myself to the perfect whole"
Question 8 (4 points)
Question 8 Unsaved
What did Thoreau seek to do at Walden Pond?
Question 8 options:
learn to garden
contemplate redemption
escape his enemies
live deeply and consciously
The correct answer is " live deeply and consciously". Thoreau shows how he can see and feel the nature, but he is not talking about the garden. He also contemplates the beauty of nature instead of redemption. It seems he is talking about someone else but he doesn´t say anything if they are enemies. So, according to this sentence "Then I said, "I covet Truth;" we can see his seek for truth or a deep conscious of life.
Question 9 (4 points)
Question 9 Unsaved
What is the main natural element in the quotation below from Walden? "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains."
Question 9 options:
time
Heaven
a fish
a stream
The correct answer is "time". He shows how he has no control of it.
Question 10 (4 points)
Question 10 Unsaved
What does the natural element in the quote below from Walden represent? "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains."
Question 10 options:
time and how it "slides away"
fishing and how it takes up so much time
eternity and how it's not real
a stream and how it's small
The correct answer is "time and how it "slides away" . He cannot control this natural element of nature.