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Bright Romanticism: American Individualism — Test

Question 2 • English III

Considering "Civil Disobedience," which best describes one similarity between Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Answer
A
Both expressed complete faith that the government would change unfair laws.
B
Both felt that people have the moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
C
Both were assassinated because of their ideas and influence.
D
Both felt that prison robbed them of their drive to persevere.

Explanation

Thoreau argued that people should follow their conscience and refuse to support unjust laws, even if doing so brings punishment. Martin Luther King, Jr. similarly defended nonviolent civil disobedience as a moral responsibility when laws are unjust. Therefore, the similarity is that both believed people have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

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