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When Emerson speaks of men and women he often uses

sexist language.

Does Emerson think that kids or adults are more likely to speak their mind and act as they wish

Kids because they haven't been corrupted or beaten down by society.

Emerson favors self-reliance and the development of your own personal value systems How does he feel about traditional value systems and common conceptions of right and wrong

He believes they can or should be ignored or broken if the individual has a different value system that comes from within.

What does Emerson consider to be the essence of genius of virtue and of life

intuition

A biography that deals with only factual information and in which everything not backed by reliable primary sources is discarded is called

authentic biography

Her biographer conclusively proves that Hypatia did invent the astrolabe

B. False

Which biography includes more primary sources speaking directly about the subject of the biography

Joyner-Kersee's

Although the biographer cannot prove it she believes strongly that Hypatia invented the astrolabe

false

According to her biographer Hypatia was raised in an atmosphere of

thought

Who takes the narrator's celery toward the end of the essay

A stranger at an inn

Alexandria Egypt was the birthplace of

A. Hypatia

Who is the protagonist in Self-Reliance

Emerson

Joyner Kersee's biographer includes excerpts from interviews with members of the US womens soccer team

True.

What would Emerson say is the inspiration provided by great thinkers such as the Biblical character Moses the ancient Greek philosopher Plato and the English poet John Milto

They spoke what they thought, not what others thought.

Which of the following statements about racial groups in the US is true

Which of the following statements about racial groups in the U.S. is true?

The narrator never becomes comfortable with the idea that autumn is approaching. Apex

False

Based on the overall tone of the essay we can infer that the narrator is joking when he writes He realized later what he had done and apologized but of what good is an apology in such circumstances

True

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