AP Lang Final
The words "Even now" (line 12) and "Nearly always" (line 15) serve to
B. Stress the continuing place of legend in Laguna culture
The author's tone is best describes as
B. Concerned yet hopeful
Of the following contrasts, which pertains most directly to the them of the passage?
C. "Their appearance in public" (lines 19-20) and "their real characters" (lines 22-23)
The author suggests that the preference of many readers for "secret memoirs and private anecdotes" (lines 16-17) is
D. A justifiable form of curiosity
In the context of the entire passage, the word "anecdote" (line 1) is best understood to mean
D. An informal story involving personal details
1. The Primary purpose of the first paragraph (lines 1-26) is to
D. Call attention to the decline of the significant field study
The organization of the passage can best be described as
D. Descriptive analysis followed by partial acceptance
The statement that the arroyo's "existence needs no explanation" (line 58) resembles most closely the view of
E. "The old believers" (line 67)
The primary rhetorical strategy in the passage is the
A. Exemplification of key concepts and ideas
The shift from the second to the third paragraph represents a shift from
A. Generalization to specific example
The "recent book-club guides" (lines 45-46) tend to emphasize
A. How book clubs need to be structured and regular to succeed
The function of endnote 3 is to
A. Offer specific examples of one of the types of resources mentioned
The sentence "Some may... talents" (lines 45-50) includes all of the following except a
A. Personal Anecdote
The first paragraph (lines 1-15) serves to
B. Describe the extension of a particular activity into non traditional areas
The author mentions "glass-blowing and harpischord manufacture" (lines 7-8) to suggest that taxonomy is
C. A profession practiced by relatively few people
Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as
C. An explanatory account including historical and contemporary perspectives
The series of phrases in lines 14-16 ("Marvelously varied...acre of land") primarily conveys the
D. Characteristics of springtails and oribatid mites
The purpose of the sentence "A plain...narrative" (lines 50-51) is to
D. Develop a statement made in the previous sentence
The story told in lines 50-57 ("But this...the car") serves to
D. Illustrate that the veteran's disaster was not just an individual, isolating experience
Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as
E. An argument employing illustrative comparisons
The clubs referred to in line 39 are discussed in
E. An article published in the Wall Street Journal
It can be inferred from endnote 2 that "Out of the Woods" is
A. An article about a type of retreat
The author would be most likely to describe the legends of the people at Laguna Pueblo as which of the following?
A. A body of stories periodically refreshed by the addition of relevant new stories
The first paragraph (lines 49-64) marks a shift from
A. Popular to academic contexts
In the context of the sentence in which it occurs, the phrase "consistently with his dignity" (line 37) points out
A. The conflict between decorum and thoroughness for the historian
Which of the following best describes the effect of repetition of the word "you" in lines 31-35?
B. It emphasizes the consoling effects of Laguna stories for an individual
In line 13, "their fate" refers to the fate of
C. Historical figures
The sentence in line 57 ("The big arroyo has a wide mouth") uses which of the following?
C. Personification
The function of lines 52-58 ("Yet despite...abstractions") is to
C. Point out a discrepancy between teaching practiced and literary theory
One important purpose of the passage is to
C. Suggest that ecological conservation is a beneficial enterprise
The author cites a Chinese saying (lines 44-46) to emphasize the
D. Importance of taxonomy as a field study
The third paragraph (lines 47-61) serves which of the following functions?
D. It speculates about a potential improvement
The author feels a "strange affection" (line 62) for the arroyo primarily because it
E. Generates stories and legends that connect the local inhabitants to the earth
Which of the following is true of the position presented in lines 72-77 ("The second...progress")?
E. It suggests that an assumption held by many people may be incorrect
The author portrays the critics mentioned in line 2 as people who are likely to
E. Prefer formal history
The author's strategy in lines 1-8 is to
E. Promote an impression of sympathy with public preferences
In the passage, italics are used to highlight
E. The major points of the author'a argument
The author uses the phrase "highly ornamented narrative" (line 51) to refer to the type of writing that is
B. Produced by biographers skilled at writing
In the context of the lines 19-22, the words "one is retired" are best described as
A. A detail that makes a critical situation even more precarious
The passage is most likely excerpted from
A. An educational article promoting awareness of a critical scientific issue
According to lines 23-26, Stephanie Nolen's primary criticism of book clubs is that they
A. Are too programmed
The author argues that landscapes and dreams are similar in which of the following ways?
A. Both give visible shape to intangible emotions
The final sentence (lines 62-64) serves to
B. Suggest a probable cause for an ongoing phenomenon
Which of the following best describes the relationship between the first and second paragraphs?
B. The second paragraph describes the effects of an issue raised in the first paragraph
The author uses the word "obscure" in line 48 to mean
C. Not well known
One function of sentence 3 (lines 8-10) and endnote 1 is to
C. Note the connection between marketing and book clubs
The author values storytelling because a storyteller has the power to
C. Help listeners to realize that their troubles are not unique
The information in endnote 2 is different from that in endnote 3 in that endnote 2
D. Primarily provides an illustration of a phenomenon while endnote 3 primarily lists resources
In lines 41-46 ("A few...arroyo"), the author cites the loss of the Vietnam veterans car primarily to
D. Provide an example of a story that will be retold
In context, the author places the term "book club" in quotation makes in lines 3 and 9 in order to
D. Suggest that the term is being broadened beyond its original meaning
In the context of the passage, the reason that few who read history "derive any advantage from their labors" (lines 7-7) is that
D. The historical tends to present historical figures unrealistically
In the context, the phrase "half-finished sentences" (line 21) can best be described as
B. A reference to informal candor
In the final sentence (lines 51-56) the author presents "the rounding of a period" and "the pointing an antithesis" as examples of
B. Flourishes that can obscure truth
It can be inferred from the passage that the author assumes the reader is
B. A generalist who needs an explanation of specialized concepts
The author's devices of argument in the passage include which of the following?
B. I and II only
