Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
Answer:
"Nature"- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"Woman in the Nineteenth Century" - Margaret Fuller.
"Walden" - Henry David Thoreau.
""Orphic Sayings" - Amos Bronson Alcott.
Explanation:
Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed during the early 19th century. This philosophical belief held that divinity supersedes all things and the goodness of people and also emphasizes greatly on the themes of individualism and self-reliance along with optimism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote the essay "Nature" where the foundation of the philosophy of transcendentalism is put forth.
Margaret Fuller's "Woman in the Nineteenth Century", became one of the most prominent feminist documents during that time.
"Walden" by Henry David Thoreau reflects on the tranquility and importance of living in nature and simple living.
"Orphic Sayings" by Amos Bronson Alcott contains numerous sayings of the transcendentalist writer, which many other transcendentalist writers think is just silly and unintelligible.
The answer is D
All the others are opinions
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