Answer:
The answers are as follow:
7) What attitude toward furniture does Thoreau display in this passage?
A) The less furniture and "stuff" you have, the more free you are.
Explanation:
This option is expressed by the author whe he states:
- No one is so poor that he need sit on a pumpkin.
- There is a plenty of such chairs as I like best in the village garrets to be had for taking them away. Furniture!
Answer:
8) Which response BEST describes Thoreau's opinion of worldly possessions (like furniture)?
B) He thinks they are a burden and a trap.
This option is expressed by the author whe he states:
I think that the man is at a dead set who has got through a knot-hole or gateway where his sledge load of furniture cannot follow him. I cannot but feel compassion when I hear some trig, compact-looking man, seemingly free, all girded and ready, speak of his "furniture," as whether it is insured or not.
