Your responses should be a minimum of 200 words per question, MS Word format with a 12-point font, Arial or Times New Roman. 1 Compare Thoreau’s rationale for civil disobedience with the justification for breaking the law (i.e., revolution) set forth in the Declaration of Independence. In what ways do these two arguments differ? What do they have in common? How tenable is Thoreau’s case for civil disobedience? Is he arguing that we should break the laws whenever we feel they are unjust? Give references, page numbers and any other information to support and justify your response. 2 Why did Thoreau undertake the experiment at Walden Pond? Consider the reasons he gives in Chapter I and II for his move to the pond. Are they consistent? Can they all be true? Which seems most important in the light of the book as a whole? Be sure to give references and page numbers to support and justify your answer. 3 In Longfellow’s A Psalm of Life, it has been said that it would have been suitable for a pulpit, lecture hall, classroom, or genteel parlor, partly because the poem’s ideas were accessible to the listeners and readers of the age. Explain why. How does the poem’s message fit the enterprising spirit of the age? Stanza three emphasizes the ideal of progress. The goal is not described, merely the need to move resolutely forward. What is the effect of that? Be sure to give reference and line numbers to support and justify your answer. 4 In The Arsenal at Springfield, Longfellow makes references to war indirectly. What are they and what do you feel they infer? Make sure you add the line and page numbers to support your answers.