semester 1 ap lang final

4. In the context of lines 19-22, the words "one isretired" are best described as

(A) a detail that makes a critical situation evenmore precarious

14. The passage is most likely excerpted from

(A) an educational article promoting awareness of a critical scientific issue

11. The primary rhetorical strategy in the passageis the

(A) exemplification of key concepts and ideas

5. Which of the following best describes therelationship betweenthe first and secondparagraphs?

(B) The second paragraph describes the effects ofan issue raised in the first paragraph.

15. It can be inferred from the passage that the authorassumes the reader is

(B) a generalist who needs an explanation ofspecialized concepts

13. The author's tone is best described as

(B) concerned yet hopeful

2. The author mentions "glass-blowing and harpsichord manufacture" (lines 7-8) to suggestthat taxonomy is

(C) a profession practiced by relatively few people

6. The author cites a Chinese saying (lines 44-46) toemphasize the

(D) importance of taxonomy as a field of study

9. Which of the following is true of the position

(E) It suggests that an assumption held by many people may be incorrect.

12. In the passage, italics are used to highlight

(E) the major points of the author's argument

27. The author uses the word "obligations" in Paragraph 4 to expand on the meaning of

A "charged" (Paragraph 3)

30. Which statement best sums up the central argument of the passage?

A Genres defined as feminine gave women the chance to assert their influence and express themselves.

19. In Paragraph 2 ("Whatever ... 1870s"), the author suggests that

A diaries helped girls experiment privately with different personas

45. In the first paragraph, the author is mainly concerned with

A distinguishing between two frames of reference

54. According to the author, we know that a decision we have made is right largely through our

A individual intuition

24. The third paragraph asserts that letter writing was significant because it

A provided women with a means of exercising power as individuals

for the third passage 16. The author uses the "not only" construction in Paragraph 1 to

B convey a heightened degree of involvement in shared literary activities during a period

47. In the third paragraph, the author is principally occupied with

B exemplifying a claim

28. In the last paragraph, the author mentions Alice Hamilton and Harriet Beecher Stowe because they

B illustrate how the art of letter writing nurtured literary achievement

25. In note 3, the author states that Motz's work

B presents historical evidence that women were more closely identified with letter writing than were men

23. In Paragraph 3, the "pattern" refers to the

B responsibility women had for maintaining family connections

for the first passage : By saying "Pragmatism is an account of the way people think" (Paragraph 1), the author implicitly acknowledges that

B there may be other theories that explain the way we think

22. Note 2 primarily promotes the exploration of which topic?

D The prevalence of diary keeping in particular groups

52. In the first part of the final paragraph, the author is mainly concerned with

D answering a possible objection

50. By calling rightness "the compliment you give" (Paragraph 3), the author suggests that rightness is

D contingent on personal choices

29. In Paragraph 4 ("In creating ... converged"), the author describes the relationship between

D literature that inspired women and the diaries and letters women produced

26. In note 3, the bibliographical information provided for di Leonardo's work indicates that it is

E an article in a periodical

18. Paragraph 2 ("If women ... performance") states that women were

E considered to have a particular facility for writing letters and diary entries

53. For the author, our decision making is most influenced by

E particular circumstances

49. The series of parallel clauses in Paragraph 3 ("if you thought ... break it") is used to

E reinforce an idea

46. With regard to decision making, the author views admonitions like "Order what you feel like eating" (Paragraph 1) and "Do the right thing" (Paragraph 2) as

E ultimately helpful

10. One important purpose of the passage is to

(C) suggest that ecological conservation is abeneficial enterprise

8. The third paragraph (lines 47-61) serves which ofthe following functions?

(D) It speculates about a potential improvement

31. The author's overall tone is best described as

C assured and informative

7. The author uses the word "obscure" in line 48 tomean

(C) not well known

for the fourth passage : 1. The primary purpose of the first paragraph

(D) call attention to the decline of a significant field of study

55. Which of the following is LEAST applicable to describe the author's presentation of ideas in the passage?

C Dogmatic

21. Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the last sentence of the second paragraph ("Perhaps ... 1870s")?

C It ironically acknowledges the perceptiveness of "critics" while implicitly criticizing their efforts to regulate female conduct.

51. In the third paragraph, the author emphasizes which of the following aspects of thinking?

C Its complexity

20. What is the effect of putting the word "presumably" (Paragraph 2) in parentheses?

C To raise doubts about whether an assumption is warranted

17. Which statement best describes the main idea of the first paragraph?

C Writing tasks featured prominently in children's lives.

48. The questions the author poses in Paragraph 3 are used to

C illustrate the difficulty of making a decision based on one's values

3. The series of phrases in lines 14-16("Marvelously varied . . . acre of land") primarily conveys the

(D) characteristics of springtails and oribatid mites