AP Lit Practice

Which of the following best conveys Altaf's emotional relationship to his home village?

"He would have been more comfortable travelling in a lungi" (paragraph 5)

At the beginning of the third paragraph ("Small . . . gate"), the narrator's repetition of the adjective "little" suggests that Miss Peecher has which of the following?

A trivial life

The events of the passage are ordered according to the familiar literary pattern of

a journey home

In the first sentence of the second paragraph, the narrator's reference to the "Gospel according to Monotony" indicates which of the following perspectives?

Critical distance

In the final sentence of the passage, the pairing of the verbs "balanced" and "leaped" suggest what fine distinction regarding the character of Altaf?

He is poised between two worlds but eager to be home.

Which of the following identifies the principal contrast between the characters of Miss Peecher and Mr. Headstone?

She loves him, while he does not love her.

The narrator's comments about the children near the end of the passage divulge all of the following about Altaf EXCEPT his

exasperation

The speaker's depiction of the scene of Randal at his forge in the final two lines of the poem primarily serves to

express Randal's vigor in life

The transition at the beginning of the second paragraph ("But even") marks the passage's shift to a presentation of a

familiar archetype

In the first paragraph, the narrator's depiction of the district leading to the Thames as a "toy neighbourhood" helps establish an atmosphere of

haphazard disarray

The expression "How far from then forethought of" (line 12) remarks on the contrast between the farrier's

might and weakness

In the context of the fifth paragraph of the passage, the comment by Shiraj, "They think you are an Englishman," suggests a conflict between the

native Bengalis and English rule

In the final stanza of the poem, the dramatic situation of the speaker's expression of grief is resolved by

remembering the positive aspects of Randal's life

The narrator's description of Miss Peecher's home in the final sentence of the second paragraph ("It came . . . school-books") serves to

reveal her romantic nature

In the sixth paragraph, the description of the setting ("When he . . . Home") establishes a

sense of familiarity and comfort

The syntax in line 9 ("This . . . endears") serves to underscore the speaker's perspective that

tending the sick is mutually rewarding

The tone created by the use of italics and hyphens throughout the passage helps express which of the following perspectives?

the children's excitement at the unexpected arrival of a stranger

In the context of the second stanza, the near rhyming of "mended" (line 5) and "tendered" (line 8) serves to depict a relationship in which

the speaker gently ministers to the farrier's soul

In the first and final paragraphs, respectively, the narrator's allusions to "Aladdin's palace" and "Jack's beanstalk" contribute to which of the following contrasts developed in the passage as a whole?

Meaning and insignificance

The speaker of the poem is best described as

a recent caretaker

As the poem progresses, the speaker's opening question about the news of a death (line 1) unfolds to reveal

deep grief and an intimate friendship