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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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Which statement best summarizes the third paragraph of “Economy” in Walden?

A
Having finished framing his house, he sought out another house to dismantle for building materials. He found one and bought it cheaply.
B
First he constructed the frame of his house, and then he bought the boards. The boards came from another house.
C
His house frame was ready for its boards by mid-April. He had gotten the boards from a small, run-down building he purchased for a good price.
D
The building he took his house’s boards from was not in very good shape. The price was reasonable, though.
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How does Thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of “Economy” in Walden?

A
He uses the word “I” because he feels it sounds more interesting.
B
He does not use first-person point of view because his is a fictional account.
C
He uses first-person point of view to get his readers’ attention.
D
He uses the word “I” for the sake of sincerity and honesty.
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What does Emerson argue should be the basis of human actions in the second paragraph of “Self-Reliance”?

A
the right to protect one’s property from damage by others
B
confidence in one’s intelligence and inner worth
C
a desire for progress and innovation in society
D
the urge to succeed and make a decent living
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Which quotation from "Self-Reliance" best summarizes Emerson’s view on belief in oneself?

A
These are the voices which we hear in solitude...
B
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents.
C
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance...
D
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

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