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Emerson and Thoreau: "Self Reliance" & "Civil Disobedience"

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Envy

a)

a feeling of jealousy

b)

a short sentence or phrase

c)

all future generations

d)

none of the above

2.

conviction

a)

not moral

b)

to clear from blame

c)

a strong belief

d)

none of the above

3.

immoral

a)

not moral

b)

high moral standards

c)

hard to do

d)

none of the above

4.

absolve

a)

high moral standards

b)

to clear from responsibity or blame

c)

requiring much effort

5.

arduous

a)

the right to vote in political elections

b)

to keep things the same

c)

hard to do; requiring much effort

d)

none of the above

6.

suffrage

a)

the right to vote in political elections

b)

a person who refuses to follow established ideas of doing things.

c)

something causing superstition or fear

d)

none of the above

7.

consistency

a)

conformity in the application of something

b)

preferring spiritual things over material things

c)

requiring much effort

d)

none of the above

8.

nonconformist

a)

to clear from responsibility or blame

b)

against what is considered moral

c)

a person who refuses to follow established ideas or customs

d)

none of the above

9.

hobgoblin

a)

relating to the unconventional

b)

the right to vote in an election

c)

something causing superstition or fear

d)

none of the above

10.

Transcendental

a)

to value spiritual things and the importance of the individual over material things.

b)

the right to voite in any major election

c)

person who refuses to follow established ideas or ways of doing things

d)

none of the above

11.

motto

a)

a short sentence or phrase that encapuslates an idea

b)

a means to an end

c)

a business organization that provides a service

d)

none of the above

12.

expedient

a)

strength; energy; livliness

b)

a means to an end; advantageous or useful

c)

a company made up of shareholders

d)

none of the above

13.

alacrity

a)

all future generations

b)

eagerness

c)

the power to endure

d)

none of the above

14.

mode

a)

a business organization

b)

a catchphrase or saying

c)

a manner or act of doing something; a method

d)

none of the above

15.

enterprise

a)

a company made up of shareholders

b)

a business organization that offers a service

c)

a loud unpleasant, and prolonged noise

d)

none of the above

16.

vitality

a)

strength, energy , liveliness

b)

the capacity to live and develop

c)

the power to endure or survice

d)

all of the above

17.

din

a)

a loud, unpleasant noise

b)

a sense of eagerness

c)

the most frequently occurring score

d)

all of the above

18.

joint stock company

a)

a company made up of a group of shareholders

b)

each shareholder contributes money to the company

c)

each share holder recieves shares of the companys debts and profits

d)

all of the above

19.

posterity

a)

all future generations

b)

anything that existed in the past

c)

a loud unpleasant noise

d)

none of the above

20.

endeavor

a)

all future generations

b)

to attempt earnestly

c)

squirrels are people too

d)

none of the above