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Independence is a double theme in “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” both because Robin seeks to become an independent young man and because in punishing Molineux, the townspeople are making known their desire to be free of British oversight.

Identify the work in which the following quote appears:  “Well, Robin, are you dreaming?”

Choose the correct answer below to fill in the blank:  In the manner of ______________, whom he greatly admired, Frederick Douglass presented himself as a representative American whose rise in the culture attested to the possibilities inherent in the nation’s egalitarian ideology.

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” what is the Montresor family coat of arms?

Which of the following is a theme in “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”?

Identify the work that was first delivered as an oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge on August 31, 1837, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade (1973) is an example of judicial activism.

Mandatory, non-discretionary spending consumes what percentage of the annual federal budget?

If the executive branch wants to voice its opinion on a Supreme Court case without being a party to the case, it can write

The 1973 War Powers Resolution explicitly stated that presidents cannot send U.S. troops into hostile overseas environments.