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PASSAGE VI HUMANITIES: Passage A and Passage B are ep xucbel ri spht se df r ionm1 9t w8 9o , ddi ifsf ec ur es ns itnsgo tuhrec ehsa, bbiot st ho f two nineteenth-century authors. Passage A Many readers, faced with Thoreau’s et on iag kmi na tdi co Yf apnokpe- ce upl teur rs eo ns ah,ohr at hv ae nrde sfoorrt e d dl oensecrr iwb ihnog lhivi se dl i fbey: Ta hl aokree aaun dwawsraont eo d d b a l l Walden (published in 1854) in praise of nature and ao gf aTihnos tr ema uo d’ selri fne pi nr ov go rl vees ss . sBuubtt ltehtei efsu tl lhsattocrayl l this popular image into question. Thoreau’s retreat into the backwoods wb aacskmy aorrde. Hl i ki se caa cbhi ni l dwpa ist cohnilnygaahtaelnf -tmi ni l et h e fmr oi lme s hf ri so mn e tahr ee svti nl l ae gi geh, bs oo rhaencdo uj ul ds t etawsoi l y oNbe twa i En nagnl ya nnde eHdeerdmsi ut pc ipr lci ue sl a. tTehde pseot -i ct iaol lnesd ft ohre nUeni gdhe br gorrosui nn dn Re eadi l;r ho ea dw; ahsi si nevs os al vye“dCiinv i l Ds l iasvoebreydai ne nd ciem” pwearsi aal i tsrma c, tt wa goavi ni tsatl bs oo tchi a l a n d political issues. Passage B In 1861, the Atlantic Monthly magazine apshkoetdo gt rhaepphooeft hEemr itlhy aDt iict kmi ni gs ohnt pf ourb al i s h . Hp oe lri tree, sbpuotnesme pwhaast: i “c I, rdeof nu ’st ahl awv ae soonnee. ” oTfhtihs e shterra tbeagci ke so tnh Aa tmael lroi cwae’ sd bDuircgkei no ns oi nngt om tausrsn aguovdeiernnceed asnodletlyo bimy aingsinpeirhateirosne.lf as an artist Suspicious of the techniques by which pmuabr lki se ht ai nb gl ehcooums ems ot dr ai tni es fsofromr et hd ea mu tahsosress ,i ns ht oe cf roonms i dh ee rr egda rhreerts feol fr aa rr to aml oa nn et i. cS ph oe ewt awnrtiet idn tgo publish in ways that preserved her control and ownership of her work. Except for a few poems published either without her permission or in order to bene�it the Union asermnsye, Dwieckuinndsoernsntaenvderitp. ublished in the

Questions 16–17 ask about Passage A. 16. The primary purpose of Passage A is to: F. demonstrate that a writer can praise nheartumriet.without himself living as a G. show that the popular view of Thoreau as an oddball loner is an oversimpli�ication. H. illustrate some ways in which Tc ohmo rme ai tumme ni strteop ar ensaelnt et er dn ahtiisv e lifestyle. J. show that active involvement with shoecrimaliti’sssluifeessitsylien.consistent with a 17 . PT ahses aa ug et hAo rt oi ndcilsupdreosv ea l tl hoef st hu eg gf oe lsltoi wo ni nt gh ai nt Thoreau was a simple hermit EXCEPT: A. that he was involved in the Underground Railroad. B. that he wrote about social and political issues of the day. C. that his cabin stood close to a village and neighbors. D. that he wrote a book on the virtue of living with nature. Question 18 asks about Passage B. 18 . As used in line 34, romantic means: F. concerned with love between two individuals. G. motivated by artistic considerations. HJ . . ea angx ei or ut so tpor eo a� irtnf rtohme aopnper’ so vwarl iot ifn g s . readers.

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