Unit 1 Practice test AP Lang

In the fifth paragraph, the author mentions that she "got up at two or three in the morning and wrote" primarily to

A.) Demonstrate the intensity of her devotion to writing.

Which of the following best characterize the authors purpose in the passage?

A.) to describe how a potentially harmful tendency helped her to succeed as a writer

In the context of the entire passage, the word "antidote" (first sentence)is best understood to mean

D.) An informal story involving personal details.

In her ninth paragraph, the author makes which of the following claims about the early years of her writing career?

D.) She continued writing despite lack of confidence in her ability

In the context of the passage, the reason that few who read history "derive any advantage from their labors" (second sentence) is that

D.) The historian tends to present historical figures unrealistically

Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as

E.) An argument employing illustrative comparisons

The author portrays the critics mentioned in the first sentence as people who are likely to

E.) Prefer formal history

The authors strategy in the first two sentences is to

E.) Promote an impression of sympathy with public preferences