Read “Education” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
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The essay is written using the second person pronoun “you,” creating a more familiar tone between the audience and the writer. Who is Emerson specifically addressing?
1. The essay is written using the second person pronoun “you,” creating a more familiar tone between the audience and the writer. Who is Emerson specifically addressing?
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In paragraph 2, the antecedent to the pronoun “he” is.
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Where did Sir Charles Fellowes conduct his dig?
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In paragraph 4, Emerson suggests that
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Throughout the passage, Emerson suggests that the education system of his time should
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In paragraph 15, Emerson writes that when a child “cries out [that the teacher is] wrong and sets [the teacher] right,” the teacher should
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What does Emerson suggest is the problem with students?
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In paragraph 11, lines 9 and 10 contain examples of
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In paragraph 12, Emerson suggests that what is needed to keep rules in school is not a man but a(n).
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In paragraph 13, what is the “quack practice”?
10. In paragraph 13, what is the “quack practice”?