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Body of water where Thoreau built his hut on the bank and lived for two years.

Identify title: “Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that if they should resist, the remedy is worse than the evil. .  .”

Identify the author:”The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

Identify the title:”But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate–we cannot consecrate–we cannot hallow–this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”

Identify the author: “To go into solitude, a man must needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are!”

Please choose what type of desk you should use to take your exam.

Identify the author: He was a Unitarian minister for a time. One of the main proponents of the Transcendental philosophy, he lived in Concord but did travel abroad. He wrote the first major comprehensive expression of American Transcendentalism. Recognized in his lifetime, he left the pulpit to become a writer and lecturer. He was an advocate for letting nature be a healing force in life.

What should you do if you have problems LAUNCHING the exam (a live proctor has not joined the session yet)?

Which of the following is allowed during the exam?

Identify the title: As from my tent I emerge so early sleepless, As slow I walk in the cool fresh air the path near by the hospital tent, Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out there untended lying, Over each the blanket spread, ample brownish woolen blanket, Gray and heavy blanket, folding, covering all. Curious I halt and silent stand, Then with light fingers I from the face of the nearest the first just lift the blanket . . .