Unit 7 Progress Check: MCQ AP LANG
Questions with Verified Correct Answers
The author most likely chose to introduce her argument by way of a personal anecdote
in order to
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
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
stress a significant connection
In the context of the passage as a whole, the sixth paragraph ("Since that . . . 90 percent
white") primarily serves to
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
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
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
, 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?
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?
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
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
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?
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?
"e-reader," to use instead of print books in my college literature classes.
The writer wants to combine sentences 3 and 4 (reproduced below) in a way that
expresses the unequal relationship between the ideas in these sentences.
Questions with Verified Correct Answers
The author most likely chose to introduce her argument by way of a personal anecdote
in order to
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
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
stress a significant connection
In the context of the passage as a whole, the sixth paragraph ("Since that . . . 90 percent
white") primarily serves to
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
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
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
, 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?
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?
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
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
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?
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?
"e-reader," to use instead of print books in my college literature classes.
The writer wants to combine sentences 3 and 4 (reproduced below) in a way that
expresses the unequal relationship between the ideas in these sentences.
