Mock AP Test Passage #2

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the second paragraph and the third paragraph?

Paragraph 3 presents evidence that addresses questions raised in paragraph 2.

In the final sentence of the third paragraph ("The power of place . . . thrall"), which of the following best describes the effect of removing the words "the vast majority of"?

The author's claim would become logically inconsistent.

The quotation marks around the phrase "international community" (paragraph 3 sentence 9) serve primarily to

signal a skeptical tone that reflects the author's doubts about the existence of such a community

In the second sentence of the passage ("Ancient...history"), the series of short, simple clauses and the word play on "history" convey the authors sense that the claims of flat-world proponents

sound a little too superficial to be true

At what point in his development of the passage's line of reasoning does the author arrive at his thesis?

The first four sentences of the third paragraph ("Not yet...even setbacks")

Which of the following best describes the authors exigence in the passage?

The uncritical acceptance of an opinion that he finds unproblematic

In the passage, the author makes which of the following assumptions about his audience?

They are familiar with mainstream rhetoric about globalization.

In the fourth paragraph, the author cites Thomas Friedman primarily to

acknowledge that the argument of flat-world proponents are more complex than he has previously suggested

In the sixth sentence of the third paragraph ("The near-global diffusion...opposite effect"), the author mentions the diffusion of English primarily to

acknowledge the validity of one element of an argument he generally opposes

In the fifth sentence of the fourth paragraph ("And in certain . . . true"), the author italicizes the verb "is" primarily to emphasize

an area of agreement between himself and another author whose views he has challenged

Which of the following does the author represent as an effect of "congregat[ing] in places of high environmental risk" (paragraph 3, sentence 8)

Dangers that disproportionately affect certain communities

in the eighth sentence of the third paragraph, the author mentions "the absence of coordinated warning systems" to amplify his point about the

the hazards of inhabiting certain geographical areas