AP LANG Final Test

Science Fiction: Which version of the underlined portion of sentence 7 (reproduced below) creates the most logical transition from the previous sentence? Instead, it reflects the concerns of Shelby and her contemporaries about the consequences of unchecked technological development in the Industrial Revolution, such as pollution and the loss of traditional ways of life. ("Instead" underlined)

(As it is now)

Track Your Sleep: The writer is considering deleting sentence 13 (reproduced below). The potential benefits of monitoring sleep patterns using fitness trackers, however, outweigh the negatives. Should the writer keep or delete this sentence?

Keep it, because it offers a contrasting position that helps rebut the counterargument presented in the third paragraph.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): In the last sentence of the fourth paragraph, the authors focus shifts from...

Euro-American history to Lakota cultural memory.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): According to the fourth paragraph, the battles of June 1876 established Crazy Horse's reputation for which of the following?

Leadership skill on the battlefield.

Science Fiction: The writer is considering adding the following sentence immediately before sentence 11. Those who believe that science fiction predicts the future are simply wrongheaded. Should the writer make this addition?

No, because it creates an inappropriate shift in tone at the beginning of the passages final paragraph.

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer is considering adding the following sentence after sentence 13. Due to ethical considerations, Sun and Vazire did not release the audio files they collected, but they did make some transcripts available. Should the writer make this addition after sentence 13?

No, because it distracts from discussion of the implications of the study's findings and this interrupts the flow of the passages conclusion.

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of sentence 10 (reproduced below) from the sentence. Participants often reported feeling more neurotic -anxious or worried- than the observers believed. (-anxious or worried-) Should the writer delete the underlined text?

No, because it offers information that may be helpful to the audience in understanding a potentially unfamiliar term.

Track Your Sleep: The writer wants to change this passage so that it will be appropriate for doctors and other scientists rather than a general audience. In order to make the passage appropriate for the intended audience, what sentence is most necessary for the writer to delete?

Sentence 18 "So don't wait; go buy one now!"

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer is considering changing the beginning of sentence 1 (reproduced below) to better introduce the topic and engage the readers attention. Which if the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 1 best accomplishes this goal?

"Know yourself" is a well-known maxim, but the latest findings in social psychology suggest.

Hotspur represents an example of

"The men who quell the storm and ride the thunder" (question 2, sentence 7).

Roosevelt (Let the man...): In the first paragraph, the speaker introduces an argument that criticizes

"intellectual aloofness" (sentence 5)

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): The passage is most likely excerpted from which of the following?

A Lakota authors account of his ancestral cultures history and values.

Roosevelt (Let the man...): In the first sentence of the passage, the speaker engages the attention of the audience with which of the following types of statement?

A cautionary recommendation

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer wants to add a new sentence at the end of the third paragraph (sentence 8-12) to show how the information in the paragraph serves as evidence for the passage's primary claim. Which if the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

According to Sun and Vazire, these results suggest that "there might be some biases that prevent people from recognizing their own agreeable behaviors or disagreeable behaviors."

Track Your Sleep: Which if the following sentences, if placed before sentence 1, would best introduce the topics to the audience and help set up the main argument of the passage?

According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Americans are not getting enough sleep.

Roosevelt (Let the man...): Which observation best counters the speaker's argument about action in the passage?

Action without discretion can incur disastrous results.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): In describing Crazy Horse as "painfully shy" near the beginning of the seventh paragraph, the author offers which of the following?

An attribution of an emotional quality to explain Crazy Horse's humble demeanor.

Science Fiction: The writer wants to add a sentence after sentence 11 to conclude the passage with a quotation that effectively restates and reinforces the overall argument. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

As University of Glasgow lecturer Gavin Miller argues, "Science fiction does not invite us to be prophets, but anthropologists making sense of a complex and troubling foreign culture— which we may eventually come to recognize as our own."

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer wants to add the following sentence to the third paragraph. Sun observed that this is understandable, since subjective feelings of unease are not necessarily apparent to others. Which of the following is the most logical place to insert this sentence into the paragraph?

Before sentence 11

Roosevelt (Let the man...): Which of the following choices accurately describes a strategic stylistic decision that the speaker makes in the first two sentences of the second paragraph ("It is not... nor defeat")?

Clauses beginning with "who" are used repeatedly to emphasize engaging images of the men under discussion.

Roosevelt (Let the man...): The passage as a whole claims that the learned cynic's core failings are

Cowardice and inauthenticity

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): Which of the following is a logical conclusion that can be derived from the final two paragraphs of the passage?

Crazy Horse displayed ferocity and courage in battle and modesty in dress and speech.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): In the sixth paragraph, the author uses the story of the name His Horse Stands in Sight to illustrate which of the following?

Crazy Horse's combination of recklessness and calculating calm.

Roosevelt (Let the man...): The speakers tone in the passage is best described as

Critical

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer wants to avoid revealing any potential biases in sentence 5 (reproduced below). "Sun and Vazire conspired on an experiment to study the latter category." (conspired on) Which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 5 best accomplishes this goal?

Designed

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): In his description of the United States Army's plan "to capture and herd all the Lakota onto reservations once and for all" toward the end of the fourth paragraph, the author's tone conveys which of the following?

Disapproval of the Army's dehumanizing treatment of the Lakota.

Roosevelt (Let the man...): In the context of the first paragraph, the speaker uses the word "temptation" in the first sentence to convey disapproval of the tendency to

Disengage from moral responsibility

Roosevelt (Let the man...): The primary purpose of sentences 4 and 5 of the second paragraph ("Among... actually are") in the speaker's line of reasoning is to

Distinguish different types and degrees of uselessness

Track Your Sleep: The writer is considering changing the underlined portion of sentence 1 (reproduced below) so that it conveys the information in the sentence in the most precise way. In fact, the CDC considers lack of sleep a public health infection. (infection) Which version of the underlined portion of sentence 1 best accomplishes this goal?

Epidemic

Track Your Sleep: Which if the following changes to the underlined portion of sentence 16 (reproduced below) most effectively express the relationship between ideas in the sentence? The measurements are not exact, and there is a strong benefit in that people who track their sleep are apt to be more mindful of sleep in general. (The measurements are not exact, and)

Even if the measurements are not exact,

Track Your Sleep: The writer wants to add a sentence before sentence 8 (reproduced below) to introduce the main idea of the third paragraph. The sets these devices provide are not as accurate as the data that come from a sleep lab. Which if the following sentences best accomplishes this goal?

Granted, these fitness trackers are not perfect tools.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): Which if the following best describes how the author represents "western American history, written by Euro-Americans" (paragraph 4, sentence 4)?

He acknowledges it while suggesting Lakota stories offer a different perspective.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): Which of the following statements best summarizes the main claim about Crazy Horse's cultural legacy that is developed in the passage?

He embodies the virtue of humility in Lakota society.

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer wants to change sentence 14 (reproduced below) to qualify the passage's conclusion and express it in less absolute terms. These facts make it obvious that everyone should behave accordingly. Which if the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

If the researchers' conclusions are correct, careful attention to your behavior is ab important tool for ensuring smooth interactions with others.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): The passive constructions "he became known" (paragraph 6, sentence 2) and "he was known" (paragraph 7, sentence 2) suggest that the author holds which of the following beliefs about Crazy Horse?

Stories by his contemporaries offer a credible record of Crazy Horse's life.

Science Fiction: The writer wants to ensure that sentence 9 (reproduced below) develops the parallel discussions of Frankenstein and Altered Carbon in the second and third paragraphs and logically connects the other sentences in the third paragraph. Uploaded consciousness also facilitates interstellar travel in the novel. Which version of sentence 9 best accomplishes this goal?

The author does not attempt to prove a detailed scientific account of how such a transformation could happen.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): Which of the following best explains the authors use of the qualifier "probably" in the first sentence of the seventh paragraph?

The author has credible evidence of only two public speeches by Crazy Horse.

Roosevelt (Let the man...): The relationship between the first and second paragraphs is best characterized as

The juxtaposition of two contrasting personality types.

Self Awareness (self-knowledge): The writer wants to add a sentence after sentence 7 to expand in the narrative in the second paragraph and provide additional context for the third paragraph. Which if the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

These self-ratings were then compared to the assessments of researchers who listened to the subjects audio recordings.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): Which of the following characteristics does the author anticipate may be true of some members of the audience?

They are more familiar with Euro-American accounts of Crazy Horse that with Lakota accounts.

Marshall 1 (Crazy Horse): Sitting Bull's example in the fifth paragraph illustrates which feature of Lakota culture?

Warrior societies offered a path of entry into political power structures.

Science Fiction: The writer is considering deleting the phrase"which many critics consider the first science fiction novel," in sentence 5 (reproduced below). I'm Mary Shelley's Frankenstein(1818), which many critics consider the first science fiction novel, the scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a new form of human life, only to find his creation hideous and regret his actions. Which if the following factors is most important for the writer to consider when deciding whether to keep or dele

Whether the audience is likely to regard Frankenstein as a science fiction novel.

Track Your Sleep: The writer is considering adding the following sentence after sentence 6. Based on movement tracking, the devices can estimate how long someone is asleep and how often the person wakes up during the night. Should the writer add this sentence?

Yes, because it provides commentary that helps explain why the details presented in sentence 6 are important to the point the writer is making in the paragraph.

Science Fiction: The writer wants to illustrate the point made in sentence 2 (reproduced below) by adding historical evidence to the end of the sentence, adjusting the punctuation as needed. These fictional scenarios have sometimes become reality. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

the works of H.G. Wells, for instance, despite voyages to the Moon and to the bottom of the ocean long before these achievements were realized