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Writing Workshop: Evaluating Sources That Support a Claim — Unit test

Question 8 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B Credit Recovery 5 Credits

Based on "Civil Disobedience," what statement did Thoreau, like his modern-day successors, hope to make with his imprisonment?

Answer
A
He wanted to show the great unfairness of the prison system.
B
He wanted to prove himself as a martyr for his cause.
C
He wanted to suggest that one should be willing to go to great lengths for a belief.
D
He wanted to suggest that imprisonment was the only valid form of political protest.
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