2014 AP Language and Composition Multiple choice

33. the second sentence is best characterized as which of the following?

A. a qualification

20. The author states "This is a major claim" in order to

d. call attention to a claim by highlighting its importance

2. the function of the first paragraph is to

d. characterize the author and her interests

15. The primary goal of the passage is to

b. explore the relationship of air traffic to atmospheric temperatures

11. In the context of the whole passage, the last sentence serves to

b. validate the form of the English the author hears from her mother

4. The word "burdened" modifies

d. "speech"

39. In the sentence... the author does which of the following?

d. summarizes views held by gautier

12. The author uses directly quoted speech at various points in the passage to

e. illustrate various forms of english

9. the first two sentences in the last paragraph do which of the following?

e. present contrasts

36. the author regards the nonliterary professions of Geothe and Schiller as

a. contributing to their social status

18. the function of the note in line 1 is to

a. document the specific source for an empirical claim

8. the effect of using the second person pronoun in lines 40 and 68 is to

a. emphasize the author's awareness of an audience

6. The third paragraph provides

d. an anecdote

22. The author's tone in paragraph three can best be described as

e. reasoned

3. In context, "carefully wrought" suggests both

e. technical mastery and craftsmanship

7. Which of the following is true of the mother's quoted speech?

a. expects the speech to be comprehensible

37. In context, "elbow room" refers to

b. a justification for elevating the social position of artists

13. which of the following best characterizes the voice of the author in the passage as a whole?

b. an informal, public voice

17. In the first paragraph, the author relies on which of the following to establish credibility?

b. data from a scientific stufy

24. According to lines 59-70, aircraft flying lower would result in all of the following consequences EXCEPT

b. increasing the number of cirriform clouds

10. In the last paragraph, the author insists on the

b. sophistication of some of her mother's language skills

14. a central concept in the passage is the notion that

b. speakers use different forms of language for different purposes

34. which of the following can best be inferred from the first paragraph about european artists working before the victorian period?

b. they lacked social status

19. The word "amazingly" emphasizes the author's

c. surprise at the conclusion of a study

25. Lines 65-70 are best described as

d. a summary of the primary conclusions of the study

38. Gautier's statements in lines 51-54 are best described as

e. disdainful

28. Which of the following is an accurate reading of note 2?

a. The 2003 AAC Conference took place in Friedrichshafen, Germany

31. The author of the passage is best described as

a. an erudite literary historian

23. Lines 38-41 point out

a. an unexpected consequence of a technological improvement

16. According to the passage, the relationship between aircraft contrails and cirriform clouds is best expressed by which of the following?

c. Aircraft contrails increase the number of cirriform clouds that form

30. The passage is best described as

c. a description of an influential movement in the arts

According to the author, what did "Cultural pessimists" and "believers in the innate goodness of human nature" have in common?

c. belief in the influential power of art

1. The final sentence of the first paragraph is unusual in the way it uses a

c. plural noun

5. During the talk described in paragraph 2, the author responds to her mother's presence by

c. the appropriateness of a style

29. Taken as a whole, the notes suggest that

c. the author has consulted both published and unpublished sources

26. What aspect of the Williams and Noland study is emphasized in the last paragraph?

c. the rapidity with which improvement will occur

27. In relationship to the passage as a whole, notes 1 and 2 do which of the following?

contrails contribute to global warming

32. what is the function of the part of the first sentence that is set off by dashes

d. it provides historical context

41. It can be inferred from the final paragraph that Gautier would have been most likely to agree with the views of which of the following?

d. joyce

21. The author's strategy in paragraph 3 can best be described as presenting a

d. qualifying statement that is modified by a following statement

35. According to the author, the example of Byron and Chateaubriand as writers served to

e. enhance the dignity of other artists

40. It can be inferred from the quotation in the fourth paragraph that Gautier meant the statements to be especially

e. provocative