AP Lang Midterm

36. With which of the following pairs does the speaker illustrate what she means by "schizoid'' in line 17? (a twentieth-century book)

(A) "plate-glass store fronts'' (line 17) and "splendid white stucco bathhouses'' (line 18)

5. Which of the following words is grammatically and thematically parallel to "tone'' (line 21)? (nineteenth-century essay)

(A) "solemnity'' (line 21)

50. Lines 39-43 ("Yet . . . severity") imply that human beings share which of the following? (book about engineering and technology)

(A) A preference for some sort of embellishment

16. The description of the "delicate balance'' (line 41) achieved at jazz jam sessions contributes to the unity of the passage in which of the following ways? (mid-twentieth century essay)

(A) As a contrast to the situation in the speaker's neighborhood

45. In context, which of the following changes to sentence 4 (lines 5-8) would make it more parallel to the preceding sentences? (book about engineering and technology)

(A) Change "The tender" to "Its tender"

9. In line 52, "those'' refers to which of the following? I. "words'' (line 45) II. "circumlocutions'' (line 46) III. "associations'' (line 46) (nineteenth-century essay)

(A) I only

8. The author's observation in the sentence beginning "It is clear'' (lines 49-51) is best described as an example of which of the following? (nineteenth-century essay)

(A) Mocking tone

31. Which of the following best describes the first sentence of paragraph 4 (lines 28-29)? (twentieth-century book about China)

(A) The author's interpretation of China's situation in the late eighteenth century

39. The attitude of the speaker toward the gamblers from Chicago is primarily one of (a twentieth-century book)

(A) awe

11. The speaker in the passage can best be described as a person who (mid-twentieth century essay)

(A) is committed to developing his skills as a writer

25. The primary rhetorical function of lines 11-18 is to (twentieth-century book about China)

(A) provide support for a thesis supplied in lines 1-2

28. In line 23, "bearing'' modifies (twentieth-century book about China)

(B) "strangers'' (line 22)

21. In the passage, the drunk, the jazz musicians, and the singer all share which of the following? (mid-twentieth century essay)

(B) An intense application to a single activity

32. Which of the following characteristics of Imperial China or Britain is most emphasized in paragraph 4? (twentieth-century book about China)

(B) Imperial China's aloof and insular attitude toward Europeans

26. Lines 11-14 contain which of the following? (twentieth-century book about China)

(B) Parallel syntax

24. In paragraph 2, which of the following rhetorical devices is most in evidence? (twentieth-century book about China)

(B) The massing of factual information

38. The sentence structure and diction of lines 28-37 ("Lots of other horsebooks . . . travel to Churchill Downs'') suggest that the scene is viewed by (a twentieth-century book)

(B) a fascinated bystander

17. According to the speaker, the jazz musicians that he knew as a boy attempted to do all of the following EXCEPT (mid-twentieth century essay)

(B) blend forms such as the slave song and the spiritual into carefully structured performances

40. The terms "Middletown, Everyplace'' (line 41) are best interpreted as (a twentieth-century book)

(B) epithets referring to the homogeneity of American suburbs

10. The author's tone in the passage as a whole is best described as (nineteenth-century essay)

(B) informal and analytical

49. Both of the writers quoted in paragraph 2 (lines 18-32) view elaborately decorated machinery as (book about engineering and technology)

(B) inherently impractical

18. The speaker's attitude toward the jazz musicians is best described as one of (mid-twentieth century essay)

(B) profound admiration

55. Taken as a whole, the footnotes suggest that (book about engineering and technology)

(B) the author of the passage relies heavily on Kasson's book

46. Which of the following is being referred to by the abstract term "characteristics" (line 9)? (book about engineering and technology)

(C) "a number of elaborate scrolls" (lines 7-8)

27. In the last sentence of paragraph 2 (lines 14-18), which of the following words is parallel in function to "inventor'' (line 15)? (twentieth-century book about China)

(C) "creator'' (line 16)

7. The ability discussed in lines 35-38 is referred to elsewhere as which of the following? (nineteenth-century essay)

(C) "fine tact'' (line 51)

30. The word "importunate'' (line 29) is reinforced by the author's later reference to (twentieth-century book about China)

(C) "knocking on its doors'' (line 33)

23. The principal contrast employed by the author in the passage is between (twentieth-century book about China)

(C) Imperial China and Europe

34. The passage as a whole is best described as (a twentieth-century book)

(C) an evocation of a place

41. The speaker mentions the "'Serve-U-Sef''' plaque (line 47) chiefly as an example of (a twentieth-century book)

(C) attempted folksiness

54. The development of the passage can best be described as the (book about engineering and technology)

(C) chronological examination of an aspect of design during a particular time period

35. The speaker's reference to Hernando de Soto's visit to the springs in 1541(lines 10-12) serves primarily to (a twentieth-century book)

(C) document the history of the springs

14. In context, the word "intimate'' (lines 24-25) is best interpreted to mean (mid-twentieth century essay)

(C) inexorably penetrating

22. The style of the passage as a whole is most accurately characterized as (mid-twentieth century essay)

(C) informal and descriptive

47. The tone of lines 18-20 ("It is . . . creations") can best be described as (book about engineering and technology)

(C) objective

4. In line 17, "common speech'' refers to (nineteenth-century essay)

(C) unaffected expression

3. In lines 10-32 of the passage, the author uses an extended analogy between (nineteenth-century essay)

(C) writing and speaking

48. Which of the following is an accurate reading of footnote 2? (book about engineering and technology)

(D) "Machine Tools at the Philadelphia Exhibition" is an article published in the May 26, 1876, issue of Engineering.

2. Which of the following phrases does the author use to illustrate the notion of an unnatural and pretentious writing style?(nineteenth-century essay)

(D) "get upon stilts'' (lines 30-31)

44. Which of the following best states the subject of the passage? (book about engineering and technology)

(D) A change in the aesthetics of machine design

15. The speaker mentions Beethoven's Fifth and Macbeth (lines 27-28) as examples of which of the following? (mid-twentieth century essay)

(D) Artistic compositions with compelling and unforgettable elements

19. The speaker suggests that the jazz musicians to whom he refers accomplish which of the following by means of their art? (mid-twentieth century essay)

(D) They create order from the disorder of life.

42. The speaker's tone at the conclusion of the passage (lines 50-58) is primarily one of (a twentieth-century book)

(D) lyrical nostalgia

37. In describing the bathhouses and the Arlington hotel (lines 18-23), the speaker emphasizes their (a twentieth-century book)

(D) magnificence

33. The tone of the passage is best described as (twentieth-century book about China)

(D) serious but faintly condescending

20. In the sentence beginning "There were times'' (lines 58-63), the speaker employs all of the following EXCEPT (mid-twentieth century essay)

(D) understatement

43. Which of the following is most likely a deliberate exaggeration? (a twentieth-century book)

(E) "ninety kinds of hamburger stand'' (line 45)

1. Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage? (nineteenth-century essay)

(E) It presents a misconception that the author will correct.

6. In context, the expression "to pitch upon'' (line 34) is best interpreted as having which of the following meanings? (nineteenth-century essay)

(E) To succeed in finding

53. The structure of lines 49-56 ("During . . . 1933") can best be described as (book about engineering and technology)

(E) a claim followed by supporting details

52. The purpose of footnote 4 is to inform the reader that the quotation in line 49 (book about engineering and technology)

(E) appears in a book written by Wilson, Pilgrim, and Tashjian and published in 1986

13. It can be inferred that the speaker and the drunk were "fellow victims'' (line 22) in that (mid-twentieth century essay)

(E) both were tormented by distracting disturbances

51. The reference to the first appearance of the phrase "industrial design" (line 47) serves to (book about engineering and technology)

(E) highlight how two seemingly unrelated terms became popularly linked

29. The point of view expressed in "They . . . men'' (lines 24-27) is that of (twentieth-century book about China)

(E) present-day Chinese

12. That the speaker "sympathized with'' the drunk's "obsession'' (lines 16-17) is ironic chiefly because the drunk (mid-twentieth century essay)

(E) was a major source of the noise from which the speaker wished to escape