Below you will see study questions to help prepare you for the next practice exam. Answer ALL these questions by annotating the selection in your book, or printing out "Civil Disobedience" and annotating the pages.
You can find a copy online plus ABUNDANT helpful information about Thoreau here: https://www.walden.org/Thoreau
1. What does Thoreau want--
a) from the individual
b) from the community
c) from legislators
d) from the state/government?
2. What does Thoreau mean by the words "justice" and "rights"? How does he believe the US was not providing rights and justice to everyone?
3. What does it mean, according to Thoreau, to be a patriot and a good neighbor ?
4. How does he believe that the state interferes with people living honestly?
5. What does he mean by revolution?
6. How does he believe that the government lost its integrity ?
7. What are the implications of his belief that US citizens make decisions by majority rather than by conscience?
8. What does he mean by the statement that men are "machines of the state"?
9. What are the implications of his belief that if you serve your state with your conscience and resist the state, you are treated like an enemy?
10. What is the importance of slavery in this piece? Why is he concerned about Mexico?
11. What does Thoreau want us to do ?
12. What are the implications of his urging patriots to break laws?
You can find a copy online plus ABUNDANT helpful information about Thoreau here: https://www.walden.org/Thoreau
1. What does Thoreau want--
a) from the individual
b) from the community
c) from legislators
d) from the state/government?
2. What does Thoreau mean by the words "justice" and "rights"? How does he believe the US was not providing rights and justice to everyone?
3. What does it mean, according to Thoreau, to be a patriot and a good neighbor ?
4. How does he believe that the state interferes with people living honestly?
5. What does he mean by revolution?
6. How does he believe that the government lost its integrity ?
7. What are the implications of his belief that US citizens make decisions by majority rather than by conscience?
8. What does he mean by the statement that men are "machines of the state"?
9. What are the implications of his belief that if you serve your state with your conscience and resist the state, you are treated like an enemy?
10. What is the importance of slavery in this piece? Why is he concerned about Mexico?
11. What does Thoreau want us to do ?
12. What are the implications of his urging patriots to break laws?