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1. In the opening paragraphs, Ken Chowder discusses the debate over John Brown’s sanity. What conclusion does he reach?

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   Questions: - In the opening paragraphs, Ken Chowder discusses the debate over John Brown’s sanity. What conclusion does he reach?
2. According to Chowder, how does “the left” in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries view Brown? How does “the right” view him?

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   Questions: - According to Chowder, how does “the left” in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries view Brown? How does “the right” view him?
3. Ultimately, why does Chowder believe that, on his two-hundredth birthday, Brown remains “oddly present” in the American consciousness?

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   Questions: - Ultimately, why does Chowder believe that, on his two-hundredth birthday, Brown remains “oddly present” in the American consciousness?