AP Lang
Th e purpose of this passage is captured in all of the following lines except: (A) "They would compose and sing as they went along, consulting neither time nor tune." (B) "I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character of slavery, than the reading of whole volumes of philosophy on the subject could do." (C) "To those songs I trace my first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery." (D) "I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness." (E) "Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy."
A
Th e tone of the final paragraph can best be described as: (A) inflammatory (B) condescending (C) apprehensive (D) ominous (E) cynical
A
The primary example of figurative language in the third paragraph is: (A) personification (B) metaphor (C) simile (D) metonymy (E) synecdoche
A
The primary mode of composition of paragraph two is: (A) cause and effect (B) comparison and contrast (C) description (D) classification (E) definition
A
The primary mode of composition of paragraph two is: (A) narration (B) description (C) definition (D) cause and effect (E) comparison and contrast
A
The sentence "A poet is no rattlebrain, saying what comes uppermost and, because he says everything, saying, at last, something good; but a heart in unison with his time and country," contains an example of: (A) synecdoche (B) metonymy (C) simile (D) metaphor (E) personification
A
The sentence, "Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise," is an example of: (A) biblical allusion (B) apostrophe (C) antithesis (D) paradox (E) personification
A
According to the writer, the suffering described in paragraph two is made worse by the fact that it is: (A) inevitable (B) self-inflicted (C) surprising (D) ceaseless (E) expected
B
In the line "When she is fourteen or fifteen, her owner, or his sons, or the overseer, or perhaps all of them, begin to bribe her with presents," the number of people who can exert power over the slave girl is stressed by: (A) asyndeton (B) polysyndeton (C) allusion (D) analogy (E) narration
B
The sentence "If we require the originality which consists in weaving, like a spider, their web from their own bowels; in finding clay, and making bricks, and building the house; no great men are original" is the following type of sentence: (A) simple (B) periodic (C) cumulative (D) compound (E) compound-complex
B
In context, the word "confounded" in line 1 most nearly means: (A) combined (B) destroyed (C) confused (D) refuted (E) frustrated
C
In context, the word "vitiated" in line 14 most nearly means: (A) made ineffective (B) invalidated (C) corrupted (D) devalued (E) buoyed
C
In line 40, "they" is a pronoun for the antecedent: (A) slaves (B) complaints (C) songs (D) souls (E) tones
C
In the line "how this maleness has monopolized and disfigured a great social function," the writer uses the following in order to show the power that maleness has over literature: (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) anaphora (E) epistrophe
C
Paragraph two contains all of the following rhetorical strategies except: (A) metaphor (B) anaphora (C) epistrophe (D) asyndeton (E) exclamatory remarks
C
The primary mode of composition of paragraph one is: (A) narration (B) description (C) classification (D) definition (E) process analysis
C
The purpose of the last paragraph is to: (A) address those who would argue against the writer's claims (B) describe the type of material in feminine literature (C) introduce the examples to follow of masculine literature (D) define masculine literature and its genres (E) argue against the proliferation of feminine literature
C
The sentence "He finds two counties groping to bring coal, or flour, or fish, from the place of production to the place of consumption, and he hits on a railroad," uses all of the following rhetorical techniques except: (A) polysyndeton (B) parallelism (C) asyndeton (D) colloquialism (E) compound syntax
C
The sentence "The greatest genius is the most indebted man" can best be described as an example of: (A) an allusion (B) antithesis (C) a paradox (D) parallelism (E) colloquialism
C
In context, the word "rude" in line 38 most nearly means: (A) impolite (B) harsh to the ear (C) rough or ungentle (D) of a primitive simplicity (E) tentative
D
Th e line "I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness," is an example of: (A) anaphora (B) epistrophe (C) asyndeton (D) antithesis (E) climax
D
The differences between society and government are presented as all of the following oppositions except: (A) wants and wickedness (B) affections and vices (C) intercourse and distinctions (D) encourages and creates (E) uniting and restraining
D
The first sentence of paragraph three, "In order to gain a clear and just idea of the design and end of government, let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth, unconnected with the rest; they will then represent the first peopling of any country, or of the world," is the following type of sentence: (A) fragment (B) simple (C) interrogative (D) imperative (E) declarative
D
The line "he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest" is an example of: (A) biblical allusion (B) apostrophe (C) antithesis (D) paradox (E) personification
D
The second paragraph of the passage functions as: (A) claim (B) warrant (C) data (D) counterargument (E) qualifier
D
The tone of the passage as a whole can best be described as: (A) introspective and wistful (B) detached and somber (C) pedantic and moralizing (D) contemplative and lugubrious (E) mirthful and reflective
D
All of the following words are used figuratively except: (A) blight (line 43) (B) cage (line 36) (C) storm (line 29) (D) pen (lines 1 and 40) (E) souls (line 44)
E
The second paragraph is developed through the use of examples to prove the claim that above all else geniuses are: (A) unoriginal (B) great (C) jealous (D) powerful (E) receptive
E
The tone of the passage can best be described as: (A) reflective (B) fervent (C) nostalgic (D) optimistic (E) bemused
A
In the sentence "Th rough it we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future," the writer uses the following rhetorical technique to make her claim about literature's uses through time: (A) syntactical inversion (B) parallelism (C) colloquialism (D) asyndeton (E) polysyndeton
B
Th e line "there is no flesh in his obdurate heart" is in quotation marks because: (A) the writer disagrees with the sentiment (B) someone else is speaking (C) he is quoting another work of literature (D) he wants to make clear his major claim (E) he spoke this line to Colonel Lloyd
C
In context, the word "rattlebrain" in line 8 most nearly means: (A) one who is scattered and disorganized (B) one who is flighty and thoughtless (C) one who is stubborn and obstinate (D) one who is creative and free willed (E) one who is giddy and talkative
E
Th e appeal to pathos in this passage is achieved by: I. provocative diction II. figurative language III. first-person accounts of experiences and observations (A) I (B) II (C) III (D) I and III (E) I, II, and III
E
The first sentence of paragraph six, "Men having been accepted as humanity, women but a side-issue; (most literally if we accept the Hebrew legend!), whatever men did or said was human—and not to be criticized," uses the following to make its claim that men are "accepted as humanity": (A) syllogism (B) inductive reasoning (C) rhetorical question (D) anecdote (E) allusion
E
The first two paragraphs of the passage contain all of the following except: (A) enumeration (B) analogy (C) parallelism (D) metaphor (E) allusion
E
The major claim of the passage as a whole is that: (A) government is a necessary evil (B) government is avoidable in truly civilized societies (C) government robs men of their security (D) government is synonymous with society (E) government is unnecessary because men are inherently good
A
The words "masculine" and "feminine" at the end of paragraph three are in quotation marks because: (A) the writer disagrees with the sentiment (B) someone else is speaking (C) she is quoting another work of literature (D) she wants to make clear his major claim (E) she spoke this line to Harriet Martineau
A
The anecdote in paragraph two is mainly meant to illustrate: (A) the cruelness of the fathers (B) the violence of the sons (C) the contamination of the daughters (D) the wretchedness of the wives (E) the degradation of the slaves
C
The claim of the passage, that literature is predominantly masculine, is made in the first paragraph by means of: (A) syllogism (B) inductive reasoning (C) rhetorical question (D) anecdote (E) allusion
C
The primary mode of composition of paragraph seven is: (A) narration (B) description (C) cause and effect (D) argument (E) comparison and contrast
C
The thesis of the passage is most clearly stated in the following line: (A) "No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery." (B) "The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear." (C) "I can testify, from my own experience and observation, that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks. (D) "And as for the colored race, it needs an abler pen than mine to describe the extremity of their sufferings, the depth of their degradation." (E) "Yet few slaveholders seem to be aware of the widespread moral ruin occasioned by this wicked system."
C
The primary mode of composition of paragraphs one and two is: (A) narration (B) description (C) cause and effect (D) definition (E) process analysis
D
The primary mode of composition of the first paragraph of the passage is: (A) narration (B) description (C) classification (D) definition (E) cause and effect
D
The rhetorical function of the personification of the lash and foul talk in paragraph one is to: (A) show the cruelty of the masters (B) show the viciousness of the master's sons (C) show the "all-pervading corruption produced by slavery" (D) show the powerlessness of slave girls (E) mirror the personification of the pen in the first line
D
An analogy is made between all of the following pairs except: (A) the relief that songs bring to slaves and the relief that tears bring to the heart (B) the songs of a castaway and the songs of a slave (C) a representative voted into Congress and a slave sent to the Great Farm (D) slaves trying to get to the Great Farm and a politician trying to get into office (E) one wishing to be impressed with the soul-killing effects of slavery and one placed into the deep of the woods
E
In context, the word "construed" in line 16 most nearly means: (A) analyzed (B) structured (C) labored (D) expressed (E) understood
E
The last line of paragraph one, "The first a patron, the last a punisher," uses: (A) apostrophe (B) oxymoron (C) simile (D) metaphor (E) personification
E
The major claim of the passage is best stated in which of the following lines: (A) "Great men are more distinguished by range and extent, than by originality." (B) "The greatest genius is the most indebted man." (C) "There is no choice to genius." (D) "Every master has found his materials collected, and his power lay in his sympathy with his people, and in his love of the materials he wrought in." (E) "Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind."
E
The primary purpose of paragraph three is to: (A) define natural liberty (B) classify the different types of societies (C) analyze the causes of creating governments (D) describe the earliest society (E) illustrate what men can do together and how they need each other
E
The rhetorical function of the syntax of the last two sentences of paragraph one is: (A) the short sentence at the end serves as an answer to the question posed in the longer sentence before it (B) the longer sentence mirrors the line that listed the men that could exert power over the slave girl (C) the longer sentence presents the list of evidence to the claim presented in the final sentence (D) the last sentence serves as a transition from discussing the slave girl to discussing the slave owner's children (E) the short sentence at the end shows the finality of her conclusion regardless of the options described in the longer sentence before it
E
