QUESTIONS

1. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
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Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

2. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

3. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

4. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

5. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

6. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

7. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

8. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

9. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

10. Complete the mission! Henry David Thoreau went to the woods by Walden Pond because he wished to live [how]?
  1. Archaically
  2. Contrarily
  3. Deliberately
  4. Exorbitantly
  5. Simply
 Click to show the answer

Answer: C. Deliberately.  In the concluding chapter of Walden (a book about his experiences living for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond), Thoreau wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

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