english exam from the last child in the woods

Which statement best supports the main idea of Walden?

People live more fulfilling lives when they live close to nature.

Which two statements summarize key ideas found in both selections?

Time spent in nature makes life meaningful personal observation of the world is as important as books

Modern life is too cluttered.

both

People should spend more time outdoors

both

The author of "Last Child in the Woods" most likely includes a reference to college students in paragraph 11 to —

change the tone of the passage from one of despair to one of hope

The author's use of the phrase Saint Vitus' dance to describe busy people in paragraph 5 of Walden suggests a tone that is —

dismissive

Thoreau repeats his instruction to simplify twice in paragraph 4 to —

emphasize that this is his main piece of advice

Nature is in danger of disappearing.

last child in the woods

The author of "Last Child in the Woods" uses the metaphor of the second frontier to highlight —

the divisions between humans and nature after conquering of the wilderness

What inference about both authors do the selections support?

they both agree that modern life has come at a cost

Why does the author of "Last Child in the Woods" include the results of studies about the effects of exposure to nature?

to support his claim that nature is critical to wellness

People should hurry less.

walden

Solitude is important.

walden

Read the following sentence from paragraph 4 of "Last Child in the Woods." He was right. Americans around my age, baby boomers or older, enjoyed a kind of free, natural play that seems, in the era of kid pagers, instant messaging, and video games, like a quaint artifact. In this sentence, the word quaint means —

whimsical