AP Lang Unit 6 MCQ Progress Check

In the context of the second paragraph, which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 8 best expresses the writer's attitude toward the courses offered at Chaffey College?

(as it is now)

After sentence 8, the writer wants to cite a source that supports the claim that Chaffey successfully models the type of education reform needed to adapt to automation.

A quote from a recent college graduate who was hired by a technology firm that recruits at Chaffey College

The writer wants to add a sentence at the end of the passage to summarize the main claim of the passage. Which of the following choices, if added after sentence 15, best accomplishes this goal?

Although large-scale change is likely in many sectors, education reform and a progressive BI program will help us offset risk and protect social stability

After doing additional research, the writer found the following sources. Which of the following sources would require the writer to adjust the line of reasoning in the passage?

An article that argues that basic income programs would be too costly for governments to support

In the second and third sentences of the second paragraph, the author implies which of the following about the differences between men and women?

Differences between men and women exist but are limited only to particular attributes

should the writer keep or delete sentence 3?

Keep it, because it provides evidence from a credible source that supports the writers line of reasoning in the passage

Should the writer add this sentence after sentence 14?

No, because the absence of specific sources or statements from those sources make the claim of the sentence seem unsupported

Which of the following can best be described as the passage's thesis?

Sentences 5 and 6

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the author's quotation of Coats in the middle of the first paragraph ("But I think...half as much")

The quotation expresses disapproval of a tenet adopted by Obama; the discussion that follows it explains the author's disapproval by highlighting problematic aspects of a specific program.

Which version of sentence 15 most effectively maintains the style and tone of the writer's argument in the passage?

We cannot afford to be passive at the dawn of this new industrial revolution

Should the writer make this change to sentence 12?

Yes, because the tone of the underlined word suggests that the writer is hostile toward the business and labor union leader's attitudes

In context, the author's tone when discussing the "presumptive connexion" in the last sentence of the last paragraph is best described as

dismissive

At the end of the second paragraph, the author claims that "these instances are not adduced with a view of proving that it is desirable to open such professions to women" primarily to

distance herself from a perspective that could be supported by the evidence she cites

In the second paragraph, the author draws on evidence from her personal experience primarily to

explain a change in her assessment of a particular idea

In the fourth paragraph, the author elaborates on the history of the "talented tenth" primarily to argue that this idea

is implicated in a flawed understanding of black success

When she discusses Obama in the first paragraph, the author's tone is best described as

largely critical

The author's statement that "instances are by no means uncommon" (paragraph 2, sentence 4) contributes to a tone that is

measured and objective

In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author describes needlework as "seemingly peculiarly adapted to the powers and tastes of women" primarily to

signal the limitations of a cliché she plans to undermine