Choosing Language for Context and Purpose — Unit test

Question 1

Which quotation from "Self-Reliance" best summarizes Emerson’s view on belief in oneself?

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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Question 2

What does Emerson argue should be the basis of human actions in the second paragraph of “Self-Reliance”?

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confidence in one’s intelligence and inner worth

Question 3

Read the excerpt from "Self-Reliance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.Based on the excerpt, what is Emerson’s view of the relationship between society and individuals?

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Society encourages people to be alike.

Question 4

Read the lines from "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." Along the sea-sands damp and brownThe traveller hastens toward the town,What is the effect of the enjambment in these two lines?

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It strengthens the connection between the two lines.

Question 5

Read the lines from "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls."Darkness settles on roofs and walls,But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;The imagery in these lines evokes a sense of

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mystery.

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