Use one paragraph to answer and examples:

1. Why do you believe Thoreau spent so much time explaining house that he bought? What was his key point about house itself, and how do you know this?

2. If you rephrase title into questions, determine answer to second: What did he live for? Use instances from text to back up your answer.

3. Thoreau is known for his aphorisms (short, witty nuggets of wisdom). Discover one you like and describe what it means.

4. Describe this aphorism: "Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing which falls on the rails."

5. How can section about news, newspapers, and people's wishes for information be applied to today's world? How do you believe Thoreau would react to Internet and Twitter and the like?