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What does the first stanza of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" suggest about the speaker’s view of religious customs?

A
She participates only in religious customs that relate to nature.
B
She does not believe in creating religious customs.
C
She finds religious customs to be tedious.
D
She participates in religious customs in an unconventional way.
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How are the main concepts of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" treated in both poems?

A
They are treated as if they are utterly unimportant and trivial.
B
They are treated with great reverence and kept at a distance.
C
They are treated evenly and in a very matter-of-fact manner.
D
They are treated as if they are ultimately incomprehensible.
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What is similar about the love that is expressed in "That I did always love" and "'Why do I love' You, Sir?"

A
In both poems, love is shown to transform the speaker.
B
In both poems, love is the cause of great pain.
C
In both poems, love manages to exist despite great odds.
D
In both poems, love is described as unwavering and absolute.
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Read the excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s "Self-Reliance." These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Which transcendental belief does this excerpt best illustrate?

A
Societal rules are less important than an individual’s conscience.
B
Society helps people express their individuality.
C
Society and government corrupt the individual.
D
Societal rules are necessary to maintain order among the people.
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Which best describes Emerson’s central message to his contemporaries in "Self-Reliance"?

A
One should follow one’s conscience instead of what others dictate.
B
One should work to improve society for future generations.
C
One must conform in order to survive in the world.
D
One must limit one’s communication with people in the community.

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