Unit 7 Progress Check: MCQ AP LANG Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | Updated Questions
and Correct Answers | A+ Verified
• The author most likely chose to introduce her argument by way of a personal
anecdote in order to . CORRECT ANSWER: challenge her audience's assumptions
about Wyoming residents
• At the end of the second paragraph ("And yet . . . India"), the author includes a
series of clauses that serve to . CORRECT ANSWER: qualify the argument that
Wyoming's political culture lacks diversity
• In the sixth sentence of the third paragraph ("She campaigned . . . and to her"),
the author uses the dash primarily to . CORRECT ANSWER: stress a significant
connection
• In the context of the passage as a whole, the sixth paragraph ("Since that . . . 90
percent white") primarily serves to . CORRECT ANSWER: reveal the author's
concern about how diversity is represented in Wyoming politics
• In the sentence toward the middle of the final paragraph ("But if Wyoming . . .
choose to live here"), the author uses subordination to . CORRECT ANSWER:
highlight the difficulty of attracting minorities to rural states
• In the closing lines of the passage ("I love the mountains . . . the space"), the
author affirms her sense of attachment to Wyoming by . CORRECT ANSWER:
offering a poetic description of Wyoming's natural beauty
, • In the first sentence, the way in which the author combines clauses after the
main verb "is" ("what makes an artist . . . a good work of art") indicates that he .
CORRECT ANSWER: attaches equal importance to the topics he intends to address
• In the second paragraph, the two commas in the last sentence serve which of
the following purposes? . CORRECT ANSWER: They separate three related
objections to which the author imagines himself responding.
• In the third paragraph, the last sentence ("There is no ... gold" ) does which of
the following? . CORRECT ANSWER: It emphasizes a claim about artistic eras that
has previously been explained.
• At the beginning of the fourth paragraph ("WHAT . . . people?"), the author uses
all capitals primarily to . CORRECT ANSWER: emphasize the disbelief with which
he expects the audience to react to his argument
• The author characterizes the Athenians as "the citizens of one out of a thousand
cities" (paragraph 5) in order to convey which of the following . CORRECT
ANSWER: Even if the Athenians were shown to be an artistic people, that
designation should not be extended to all peoples of ancient Greece
• Which of the following describes the purpose of the last sentence of the
passage? . CORRECT ANSWER: It connects the author's imagined scenario to his
claim about the Athenians.
• Which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 1 most
effectively accomplishes this goal? . CORRECT ANSWER: "e-reader," to use
instead of print books in my college literature classes.
and Answer (2026/2027) | Updated Questions
and Correct Answers | A+ Verified
• The author most likely chose to introduce her argument by way of a personal
anecdote in order to . CORRECT ANSWER: challenge her audience's assumptions
about Wyoming residents
• At the end of the second paragraph ("And yet . . . India"), the author includes a
series of clauses that serve to . CORRECT ANSWER: qualify the argument that
Wyoming's political culture lacks diversity
• In the sixth sentence of the third paragraph ("She campaigned . . . and to her"),
the author uses the dash primarily to . CORRECT ANSWER: stress a significant
connection
• In the context of the passage as a whole, the sixth paragraph ("Since that . . . 90
percent white") primarily serves to . CORRECT ANSWER: reveal the author's
concern about how diversity is represented in Wyoming politics
• In the sentence toward the middle of the final paragraph ("But if Wyoming . . .
choose to live here"), the author uses subordination to . CORRECT ANSWER:
highlight the difficulty of attracting minorities to rural states
• In the closing lines of the passage ("I love the mountains . . . the space"), the
author affirms her sense of attachment to Wyoming by . CORRECT ANSWER:
offering a poetic description of Wyoming's natural beauty
, • In the first sentence, the way in which the author combines clauses after the
main verb "is" ("what makes an artist . . . a good work of art") indicates that he .
CORRECT ANSWER: attaches equal importance to the topics he intends to address
• In the second paragraph, the two commas in the last sentence serve which of
the following purposes? . CORRECT ANSWER: They separate three related
objections to which the author imagines himself responding.
• In the third paragraph, the last sentence ("There is no ... gold" ) does which of
the following? . CORRECT ANSWER: It emphasizes a claim about artistic eras that
has previously been explained.
• At the beginning of the fourth paragraph ("WHAT . . . people?"), the author uses
all capitals primarily to . CORRECT ANSWER: emphasize the disbelief with which
he expects the audience to react to his argument
• The author characterizes the Athenians as "the citizens of one out of a thousand
cities" (paragraph 5) in order to convey which of the following . CORRECT
ANSWER: Even if the Athenians were shown to be an artistic people, that
designation should not be extended to all peoples of ancient Greece
• Which of the following describes the purpose of the last sentence of the
passage? . CORRECT ANSWER: It connects the author's imagined scenario to his
claim about the Athenians.
• Which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 1 most
effectively accomplishes this goal? . CORRECT ANSWER: "e-reader," to use
instead of print books in my college literature classes.
