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Read the following passage from "resistance to civil government" by henry david thoreau:

must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislation? why has every man a conscience, then? i think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. it is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

how does thoreau use a rhetorical question in this passage?
a. to ask the reader to choose between two impossible options
b. to probe why people in general have a conscience
c. to encourage the reader to research a sensible answer
d. to prompt the reader to provide an obvious answer

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