AP Literature Mrs. Baer Mid-term Exam

B. Relating an incident ot decryint its implications

29. The final sentence of the passage (lines 58-64) moves from

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D. Genial yet self-interested

35. The first paragraph characterizes people in the contemporary United States primarily as

D. A biography of Franklin intended for a general audience

40. This passage is most probably excerpted from

A. Introduce readers to an ongoing discussion

41. The main purpose of the footnote is to

B. A pair of negations followed by an assertion

49. Which best describes the syntax of lines 17-18 ("JCO..texts")?

D. The power to empathize with others

5. The authors indicates that a writer's ability to work with metaphor and imagery is less important than

E. Introspection

12. In the context of lines 43-48, "self-consciousness" means

D. Learning obtained through experience

23. The word "education" (line 24) refers to

C. Person doing the writing is perceived as less real than the writing that is produced

48. In line 7, the author argues that the difference between "writing" and "writers" is primarily that the

B. Analogy

50. Lines 18-21 ("some...sun") rely primarily on

D. Have reservations about Franklin's values

36. "They" in line 21 of the passage refers to people who

B. It identifies the one to whom "nothing ever happens" (line 1)

In line 1, the paragraph "to that other" primarily does which of the following?

E. The determined enforcement of a system

24. In context, the phrase "sleepless vigilance" (line 27) suggests

A. Emphasizes the effects of racism by cataloging his experiences

25. The speaker uses lines 30-40 ("I could not...largely excluded") primarily to

E. Essentially negative

1. In this passage, the author's overall attitude toward Bentham can be best described as

A. Antithesis

10. Which of the following rhetorical devices is used in lines 35-38 ("he had neither...satiety)

C. Cannot understand strong human feelings

11. In lines 35-48 ("he had neither...in him"), the author suggests that Bentham

A. Convey the limitation of Bentham's perception

13. The author most likely includes the clause "he saw accordingly in man little but what the vulgarest cry can see" (lines 59-60) in order to

A. Dismissive because of the narrowness of Betham's experience and understanding

14. The author's attitude toward Bentham's abilities as a writer be best described as

B. Lacks poetic insight

15. The author characterizes Bentham primarily as an individual who

C. Emotional

16. The area of experience of which Bentham is said to be most ignorant is the

C. A critical evaluation

17. The passage as a whole is best described as

D. Convey the psychological impact of a system of segregation

18. The speakers primary purpose in the passage is to

B. Alliteration

19. Line 7 ("continually knocking his hands, head, and heart") provides an example of

A. It qualifies and expands the opening sentence

2. Which of the following best describes the function of the second sentence (lines 3-9) in the first paragraph?

C. Many ways that class structure was maintained

20. The series of phrases in lines 12-14 ("in muscles...became divine") suggests the

A. Historical information that illuminates the speaker's own circumstances

21. In relation to the rest of the passage, the first paragraph provides

B. Makes use of the power of personal experience

22. The second paragraph is significant in that the speaker

A. Deny

26. As used in line 55, "gainsay" is best interpreted to mean

E. Highlight the strong feelings that the subject engenders

27. The speaker uses the word "impossible" twice at the beginning of the final paragraph (line 55) in order to

C. Use of a specific example

28. The effectiveness of the final paragraph is primarily a result of its

E. Qualified appreciation

3. The author's discussion of Bentham's ability to use imagery (lines 1-9) is best described as on of:

E. Civil but angry

30. The speaker's tone might best be described as

C. Confinement

31. The primary imagery of the passage is that of

B. Hypothetical examples

32. The device used in lines 8-17 ("we can...values") to covey Franklin's character is

E. Prompt the reader to feel kinship with Franklin on the basis of the challenges he faced

33. The rhetorical purpose of lines 14-17 ("and we...values") is to

B. Confuse Franklin's public statements with his private beliefs

37. The misunderstanding discussed in lines 35-37 is that many who study Franklin

C. An authorial judgment about a preceding discussion

38. The final paragraph (lines 30-37) functions as

A. "Franklin has a particular resonance in twenty-first-century America." (Lines 1-2)

39. Which of the following sentences best represents the author's main point in the passage?

D. "Imagination" (line 9)

4. "This power" (line 17) refers to

A. Page of the WEEKLY STANDARD on which the reference appears

42. In the second line of the footnote, the number 31 most probably indicates the

E. Comment on the apparent disparity between an author's views and his social rank

43. In lines 7-8 of the footnote, the author uses the phrase "somewhat ironically" primarily to

B. "Meritocracy" (line 2 of the footnote)

44. In the last sentence of the footnote, the word "it" refers to

D. Rawls, John. A THEORY OF JUSTICE. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 1971, 106.

45. Which of the following is an accurate reading of the source for the quotation in the last sentence of the footnote: "social order [that] follows the principle of careers open to talents"?

A. Introduce a persona that contrasts with the one introduced in the first sentence

47. In relation to the first sentence (line 1), the second sentence (lines 2-6) serves to

E. They misunderstand the relationship between an artistic creation and it's creator

51. It can be inferred from the passage that people ignore the "obvious truth" (line 36) for which of the following reason?

C. Verbs in the imperative mood

52. Lines 48-55 ("it...will") have all of the following EXCEPT

E. Reinforce the author's position that art functions independently of individuals

53. The primary purpose of the question in lines 63-65 is to

C. Provide illustrated examples

6. The references in lines 20-26 ("it is...history") serve to

C. Distinguish between two types of imagination

7. One purpose of the first paragraph is to

A. The second paragraph uses the claims made at the end of the first paragraph to examine an individual

8. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the first paragraph and the second?

B. Repeated syntactical patterns

9. The stylistic feature most evident in lines 32-64 ("by these...may read") is the use of