Walden Ch 13 Flashcards

1
Q

Makes mortar with

A

White sand

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2
Q

Sometimes used bricks as a

A

Pillow when poets visit him

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3
Q

A place where you can see the fire that cooks your food is better than

A

Most houses

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4
Q

A house where paroles and kitchens and workshops are at a far distance from each other::

A

All life becomes a metaphor

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5
Q

Thoreau liked to lie stretched on the clear ice of the pond and

A

Look down into the still water straight to the bottom

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6
Q

Found that ice on the pond would form around

A

Bubbles

Bubbles beneath ice would melt and rot it

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7
Q

Thoreau grieved when any part of the woods is

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Burned or cut down

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8
Q

Wood has a value that is more

A

Permanent and universal than gold

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9
Q

Humans heat the air making a

A

Perpetual summer

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10
Q

Thoreau needs the warmth of his house to

A

Revive himself

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11
Q

With winter Thoreau faces the

A

Real test of nature

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12
Q

Transcendentalism is the reaction to

A

Rationalism and strongly encourages pure nature and humanity

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13
Q

Because he was flustered with approach of winter Thoreau realized he has to

A

Adapt and change with the changing of seasons

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14
Q

With winter Thoreau is no longer able to maintain

A

His relationship with nature

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15
Q

Thoreau studies masonry in preparation for

A

Building his chimney

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