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Based on this passage, how did Thoreau feel about his confinement?

inwardly free

mentally imprisoned

united with American citizens

Which transcendental belief supports Thoreau's feeling of inner freedom?

The individual is essentially good.

Society and government corrupt the individual.

One's own conscience should guide decisions.

Which of the following statements are true of both Thoreau's and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s attitudes toward imprisonment?

Both thought that they had committed a moral and necessary act of defiance.

Both believed that their imprisonment actually showed high respect for the law.

Both reflected that they lost their inner freedom while imprisoned.

Both expressed outrage at their imprisonment.

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