Emerson and thereau each write in the genre of essay. the word essay comes from latin root exigere, meaning "to examine or test". in what ways is this genre appropriate for the work of both emerson and thoreau?

Both Emerson and Thoreau ideas and essays were empirical.  

Explanation:

Termed as transcendentalist, both Emerson and Thoreau, emphasized on rationality, reason, and intellectualism.  The performed strategic studies and performed social experiments/testing to back up their beliefs.

They believed that spirituality goes beyond the material world.  They both emphasized on being self-reliant, as they thought that humans have the tendency to the tarnished by the society’s thoughts and beliefs.    

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s famous book “Walden” talks about simplicity in living, self-reliance, spirituality and the various themes of nature.  Emerson’s essay “nature” suggests that God can be found anywhere in the nature.

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.