Question

some keep the sabbath going to church; i keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome. what attitude toward social habits does this excerpt indicate? social habits can be a cure for loneliness. social habits are meaningless and arbitrary. social habits are important for preservation of a community. social habits should be followed by all individuals.

Answer 1

Answer: B - social habits are meaningless and arbitrary.

 This exerpt indicates that social habits are meaningless  because it seems to indicate that the same outward motions performed in a church service or symbolic objects can be obtained at home, and arbitrary  because the speaker says that only some people keep the sabbath going to church, not everybody, which shows it is not interesting for them.

Answer 2

The attitude toward social habits that this excerpt indicates is that social habits are meaningless and arbitrary.