AP Lit. Exam Prep PASSAGE 4
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Willow Moran
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English
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11th - 12th Grade
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519 plays
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Hard
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1.
Multiple Choice
Reminder:
Description, dialogue, and behavior reveal characters to readers.
The passage as a whole is best described as which of the following?
A dramatic monologue regarding a personal dilemma
A detailed description of an argument
A character sketch conveyed through anecdote
A critique of traditional gender roles
A poignant epiphany regarding friendship
2.
Multiple Choice
Reminder:
Changes and inconsistencies in a narrator’s or speaker’s perspective may contribute to irony or the complexity of the text.
The first sentence of the passage suggests that the narrator’s view of Mrs. Bloomfield
was formed through long familiarity
is based in certain moral principles
is influenced by the children
has shifted on multiple occasions
has recently changed
3.
Multiple Choice
Reminder:
The narrators’, characters’, or speakers’ backgrounds and perspectives shape the tone they convey about subjects or events in a text.
Toward the end of the second sentence of the passage (“and express...authority”), the manner in which Mrs. Bloomfield conveys her opinion of the children’s mother is best described as
systematic
self-deprecatory
indirect
apologetic
matter-of-fact
4.
Multiple Choice
Reminder:
Contrasts often represent contradictions or inconsistencies that introduce nuance, ambiguity, or contradiction into a text. As a result, contrasts make texts more complex.
In the fourth sentence of the first paragraph (“Hitherto...untold”), the narrator presents which of the following contrasts regarding Mrs. Bloomfield’s qualities?
What Mrs. Bloomfield reveals of herself to the narrator versus what she reveals to the children’s mother.
What the narrator observes of those qualities versus what the narrator is willing to assume.
What Mrs. Bloomfield knows about those qualities versus what she is unaware of.
What the narrator conceals about those qualities versus what the narrator discloses about them.
What the narrator values of those qualities versus what Mrs. Bloomfield values about them.
5.
Multiple Choice
Reminder:
Changes and inconsistencies in a narrator’s speaker’s perspective may contribute to irony or the complexity of the text.
The parenthetical statement in the fourth sentence of the first paragraph (“of which...perfections”) makes use of
personification
repetition
metaphor
irony
hyperbole
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