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