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QUESTIONS 15–17 ARE BASED ON THE

is frequently asked but impos-

FOLLOWING PASSAGE:

sible to answer.

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When Ralph Waldo Emerson pro-

(B)

A question asked frequently is

nounced America’s declaration of

whether the universe is bound,

cultural independence from Europe in

and it is impossible to answer.

his “American Scholar” address, he was

(C)

As to whether the universe is

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actually articulating the transcenden-

bound is frequently asked but

tal assumptions of Jefferson’s political

impossibly answered question.

independence. In the ideal new world

(D) Whether the universe is bound

envisioned by Emerson, America’s

becoming a perfect democracy of free

sible answered.

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and self-reliant individuals was within

(E)

Whether or not the universe is

reach. Bringing Emerson’s metaphysics

bound is a question asked

down to earth, Henry David Thoreau’s

frequently but a question

Walden (1854) asserted that one can

impossible to answer.