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Writing Workshop: Visual Media Analysis — Unit test Answers

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Based on “Economy” from Walden, which most likely describes Thoreau’s attitude toward the outdoors?

A
He was impressed but mildly intimidated by the wilderness.
B
He was interested in being completely surrounded by nature.
C
He preferred to pursue intellectual endeavors indoors.
D
He considered the wilderness something to be conquered.
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According to “Economy” from Walden, what happened before the framing of Thoreau’s house was completed?

A
He bought the property he planned to live on.
B
He hiked through the woods studying nature.
C
He investigated the history of the land.
D
He bought a cabin to break down for lumber.
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Which best describes Emerson’s central message to his contemporaries in "Self-Reliance"?

A
One must conform in order to survive in the world.
B
One should follow one’s conscience instead of what others dictate.
C
One must limit one’s communication with people in the community.
D
One should work to improve society for future generations.
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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
Society and government corrupt the individual.
B
Society helps people express their individuality.
C
Societal rules are less important than an individual’s conscience.
D
Societal rules are necessary to maintain order among the people.
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Read the following excerpt from Jackie Robinson’s letter to President Eisenhower.As the chief executive of our nation, I respectfully suggest that you unwittingly crush the spirit of freedom in Negroes by constantly urging forbearance and give hope to those pro-segregation leaders like Governor Faubus who would take from us even those freedoms we now enjoy. Your own experience with Governor Faubus is proof enough that forbearance and not eventual integration is the goal the pro-segregation leaders seek. To which specific historic event is Jackie Robinson referring to in the letter?

A
President Eisenhower’s argument over civil rights with Arkansas Governor Faubus at the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders the day before this letter was written
B
the riots of Harlem, which broke out in response to African Americans’ frustration at job discrimination, police brutality, poor treatment by the armed forces, and lack of access to economic opportunities
C
Governor Faubus’s calling of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School, despite the US Supreme Court’s ruling against segregation
D
the rumored fatal shooting in August 1943 of a white soldier, which culminated in race rioting across the nation

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