AP MCQ 1

37. Line 4 Suggests that "we" respond to " the crime"

A- Superficially

55. The passage as a whole is most indebted to which literary tradition?

A- The gothic

45. The narrator of the passage is best described as

A- an engaging raconteur

52. The relation between the first paragraph and the second is best described as

A- assertion and explanation

38. Lines 5-8 draw a contrast between

A- technoligical and moral understanding

35. The initial clauses in lines 1-2 ( Read...sleep) are best described as

B- Commands

47. Lines (9-11) ( I don't... alone" contain an instance of

B- Sly Understatement

44. Taken as a whole, the poem is best understood to be

B- an admonition

46. The long interruption in the first sentence serves to

B- generate amusement and draw in the reader

53. In the second paragraph, the wind is characterized as a

B- thwarted spirit

34 .The poem is best described as

C- An italian sonnet

49. In lines 14- 20, the narrator uses which approach in mantaining that "there are not...many people who would care to sleep in a church (lines 8-9)

C- Issuing a dare

42. The phrase " our poison" (line 12) most likely refers to

C- aggresive insticts

54. The tone of lines 41-44 (Ugh!...church) is best described as one of

C- wry aversion

39. The primary purpose of lines 5-8 is to

D- allege that humans fail at both sublimity and profundity

40. In lines 9-14, the speaker suggests that " this earth" will likely

D- be marred by recurring violence and suffering

41. Line 10 is notable for its use of all of the following EXCEPT

D- internal rhyme

51. The use of "previously" in line 19 suggests the narrator's belief that the opponent

D- might lose his courage in the churchyard at night

36. The tone of the statement in line 3 is best characterized as

E- Ironic

43. What course of action would the speaker most wish people to take?

E- Understand the sources of violence and work to change them .

50. In line 18, "singly" is best understood to mean

E- alone

48. The function of lines 11-14 ( A great.. by night") is to

E- limit the scope of a claim in anticipation of objects