AP LITERATURE PRACTICE EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT
& VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
1. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's A recollection of a
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty,
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any remark- able
southern snow, occurrence
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the
ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
Which description best characterizes the poem?
2. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty,
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any
southern snow, Provide a context for
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and the poem's central
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn image
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the
ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
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, AP LITERATURE PRACTICE EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT
& VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
The primary purpose of lines 1-8 is to
3. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's Examples of death in
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty,
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any na- ture accumulate to
southern snow, provide emphasis
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
Which best described the technique used in lines
4-8?
4. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty, was useless as
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any
southern snow,
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
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& VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
1. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's A recollection of a
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty,
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any remark- able
southern snow, occurrence
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the
ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
Which description best characterizes the poem?
2. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty,
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any
southern snow, Provide a context for
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and the poem's central
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn image
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the
ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
1/
13
, AP LITERATURE PRACTICE EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT
& VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
The primary purpose of lines 1-8 is to
3. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's Examples of death in
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty,
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any na- ture accumulate to
southern snow, provide emphasis
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
Which best described the technique used in lines
4-8?
4. Boll-weevils coming, and the winter's
cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty, was useless as
seasons old, And cotton, scarce as any
southern snow,
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and
slow, Failed in its function as the autumn
rake; Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil
to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were
found In wells a hundred feet below the ground-
Such was the season when the flower
bloomed. Old folds were startled, and it soon
assumed Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
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