AP MCQ Practice #2

A Tale of Two Cities All of the following verbs from the second sentence have the same subject EXCEPT

"Ground" (second sentence)

A Whippoorwill in the Woods The object of "to" in line 32 is

"Look" (line 29)

A Tale of Two Cities At the end of the first sentence, "last" refers to

"Want" (first sentence)

A Whippoorwill in the Woods In the first stanza, the whippoorwill is presented chiefly as

An annoyance

A Whippoorwill in the Woods The grandfather's words (lines 52-53) convey a sense of

Awe

A Tale of Two Cities Which of the following best describes the author's figurative treatment of "Hunger" (fifth through final sentences) ?

By changing the metaphor frequently, the author illustrates the omnipresence of "Hunger."

A Whippoorwill in the Woods Lines 44-53 have all of the following functions EXCEPT to

Emphasize the chaotic quality of natural events

A Whippoorwill in the Woods The speaker that hypothesizes that moths might be

Food for whippoorwills

A Tale of Two Cities The passage establishes a mood of

Grim despair

A Tale of Two Cities Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?

Insistent

A Whippoorwill in the Woods In line 26, "what's disjunct" refers to something that

Is not incorporated in a larger entity

A Whippoorwill in the Woods Which of the following lines contains an example of personification?

Line 51

A Whippoorwill in the Woods In line 38, the cause of the aunt's death is described in language most similar to that used by the speaker to describe

Moths

A Tale of Two Cities The description of the mill in the second and third sentences ("Samples... Hunger") functions as a sustained metaphor that effectively

Portrays the abject condition of the people working in Saint Antoine

A Whippoorwill in the Woods In line 34, the speaker implies that the aunt

Preferred not to face certain realities about nature

A Whippoorwill in the Woods The whippoorwill is most probably called a "voice of obsession" (line 7) because it

Repeats itself

A Tale of Two Cities The second and third sentences ("Samples of... Hunger") are primarily characterized by

Repetitive syntax that provides accumulation of detail

A Tale of Two Cities The primary purpose of the passage is

Social criticism

A Whippoorwill in the Woods For the speaker, the rose-breasted grosbeak and the whippoorwill are similar in that they both

Stand out as individuals amid their surroundings

A Tale of Two Cities Which id the following is true of the sentence "It was prevalent everywhere" (fourth sentence) ?

The brevity of the sentence emphasizes its content

A Whippoorwill in the Woods The diction used to describe moths in lines 19-21 suggests that

The speaker finds some aspects of nature alien to her

A Whippoorwill in the Woods In the poem as a whole, the speaker views nature as being essentially

Unfathomable