AP Lang: Multiple Choice (p. 213)

*49.* Which of the given footnotes is a *primary source*?

*A.* *4*

*48.* The tone of the passage can best be described as

*A.* *factual*

*40.* Stone develops her speech using all of the following EXCEPT:

*A.* an ad hominem argument

*6.* The primary rhetorical strategy the author uses to develop the second paragraph is

*A.* contrast and comparison

*41.* In light of the passage, how can the following sentence near the end of the first paragraph best be characterized? "It shall be *the business of my life to deepen this disappointment* in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer."

*A.* ironic and *paradoxical*

*27.* The first paragraph contains an extended example of

*A.* parallel structure

*15.* In the fifth sentence, ... the pronoun "him" refers to

*A.* youthful aspirant

*46.* The organization pattern of the passage is

*B.* *specific to general*

*50.* A critical reader of this passage should ask all of the following questions about footnote 7 EXCEPT:

*B.* How many estimates were actually constructed?

*38.* *What can the reader infer* based upon the sentence found in the middle of paragraph 1 that begins with "I was disappointed..." and ending with "and the housekeeper"?

*B.* Teaching was *not considered a worthy* profession

*26.* The shift in the focus of the piece occurs in which line?

*B.* The first sentence of paragraph 3

*4.* Near the end of the third paragraph, .... The most probable reason for the author choosing to write two separate sentences rather than constructing a single, longer sentence using a listing, is

*B.* both subjects are of *equal importance*, although separate processes

*44.* The speaker's purpose is most probably to

*B.* exhort

*34.* The *subtle humor* of the first paragraph is dependent upon

*B.* hyperbole

*13.* According to James, beauty and truth are directly related to

*B.* intelligence

*39.* The thesis of the passage is best expressed in

*B.* paragraph 1, sentence 7 ("In education...")

*18.* In the middle of the passage, the sentence "'Enjoy it as it deserves,' I should say to him; 'take possession of it, *explore it* to its utmost extent, *publish it*, *rejoice in it*,'" includes an example of

*B.* parallel structure

*22.* The controlling *analogy* of the passage is

*B.* sea and land

*29.* The development of paragraph 3 is structured around

*B.* selection of *incremental details*

*31.* One may conclude from the information contained in paragraph 3 that *"Himmalehan, salt-sea Mastedon"* refers to

*B.* the whale

*1.* Which rhetorical technique does the author employ to focus the reader's attention on the specific topic of the passage?

*C.* *beginning* each paragraph with the same subject

*54.* Based on a careful reading of footnote 5, the reader can correctly *assume that Winship and Jencks are*

*C.* *students*

*43.* In the sentence beginning with "Wendell Phillips says..." in the middle of paragraph 2, Lucy Stone develops her point using

*C.* a syllogism

*47.* The reader may infer from lines 35-38 that the writer

*C.* admires the *welfare programs* of countries *other than those of the United States*

*24.* The tone of the passage can best be described as

*C.* admiring and hyperbolic

*7.* In terms of her position on her subject, the author can best be categorized as

*C.* an advocate

*21.* The overall tone of the passage can best be described as

*C.* didactic and exhortative

*9.* The contrast between the short story writer and the essayist is based on which of the following?

*C.* fundamental reality

*32.* The purpose of the passage is probably to

*C.* honor the indomitable spirit of the Nantucketers

*11.* James draws a distinction between the purpose of the novel and

*C.* the *mind* of the producer

*5.* In paragraph 3, in the sentence beginning with "The real world...," the word "there" refers to

*D.* "the real world"

*51.* Another effective means of presenting the *statistical material* found in this passage would most probably be a(n)

*D.* *chart or graph*

*53.* In lines 35-38, the author's *bias/agenda* is most clearly evidence through

*D.* *diction* and syntax

*25.* The most probable reason for repeating and italicizing "*There*" in the middle of paragraph 4 at the beginning of two main clauses in the same sentence is to

*D.* *emphasize* the sense of place

*14.* According to the fourth sentence, the word "axiom" can best be defined as

*D.* a rule of thumb

*20.* Also in the middle of the passage is a sentence ... The metaphor, "this heavenly messenger," contained in this sentence refers to

*D.* art

*28.* Melville retells the Native American *legend* of how the island was settled in order to

*D.* bring a *mythic quality* to the subject

*3.* The primary rhetorical strategy the author uses to develop the first paragraph is

*D.* cause and effect

*19.* In the second half of the passage, if the student follows the logic and *advice* of James ... that student would have to

*D.* ignore James's *advice*

*36.* The tone of the passage can best be described as

*D.* indignant and argumentative

*33.* Melville uses *thus* twice in this passage: ... All of the following are reasons for using *thus* in the first sentence of paragraph 4 EXCEPT

*D.* to reinforce the *formality* of his presentation

*17.* According to Henry James, the freest form of art is

*D.* writing

*8.* An example of *parallel structure* is found in which of the following lines taken from the passage?

*E.* "In either case he renders the real world coherent and meaningful; *even if* only bits of it, and *even if* that coherence and meaning reside only inside small texts."

*52.* The footnote that most likely reflects a *specific bias* is found in

*E.* *8*

*45.* The argument presented in the passage is based on

*E.* *statistical data*

*37.* A major *hypothesis* presented by the speaker is that

*E.* *women and African Americans* are on the same level

*16.* In the seventh sentence, "The danger that he has in mind is rather, I imagine, that of particularizing." The word *"rather"* establishes

*E.* an antithesis

*30.* This passage can best be classified as an example of argument based on

*E.* analogy

*2.* Based on a careful reading of the first paragraph, the reader can conclude that the author blames the death of the "novel of idea" on

*E.* artificiality

*10.* The tone of the passage can best be described as

*E.* confident and informative

*12.* From the opening of the passage, it is clear that the author's attitude toward the creation of a work of art is

*E.* elitist

*23.* Melville describes Nantucketers as all of the following *except*:

*E.* exploiters of the Native American claims

*42.* Based on a careful reading of the passage, one can assume that the speaker

*E.* is *disappointed with her female contemporaries*

*35.* The last sentence of the passage *CONTINUES* the *analogy* between

*E.* sea and land

¡Yay!

No more