AP LANG SEMESTER EXAM

In the fifth paragraph, the author partly attributes the "disproportionate number" of women scholars produced by Smith College in science and math to which of the following causes?

The absence of male students in Smith College

Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage?

The conflict experienced by Smith College graduates between professional accomplishment and traditional expectations

Which of the following statements best represents the thesis of the passage?

Ambitious women face harmful and contradictory messages about the nature of women's achievement.

Which of the following best describes the writer's purpose in asking the questions in the second paragraph?

She seeks to point out a difference in the way in which women's and men's accomplishments are appraised.

In the essay, the author makes which of the following claims about Smith College?

It has historically been more likely than other colleges to produce women who are high achievers.

In the fifth paragraph, the author mentions that Smith's faculty was composed of more women than was typical at coed institutions in order to

identify one causal factor that led to the academic success of its students

In narrating her conversation with the reporter, the author includes the reporter's question about Jean Harris in the third paragraph ("Did you know . . . to Smith?") in order to

introduce her exigence for analyzing the harmful effects of striving for a certain ideal

In the fourth paragraph, the author discusses Jean Harris primarily to

use an extreme example to dramatically illustrate the social dynamics analyzed in the passage