AP Lang Unit 9 Progress Check MCQ
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The authors' description of the video in the first paragraph serves primarily to - Answer
B
illustrate a particular perspective on the importance of learning to code
In relation to the video "What Most Schools Don't Teach," the authors mention Jane
Margolis' "unease" (paragraph 3, sentence 1) primarily to - Answer C
rebut the video's premise about the steps required to make programming skills more
widespread
In the passage, the views expressed by which of the following most clearly support
Margolis' argument about the "boy wonder myth" (paragraph 3, sentence 2)? - Answer
D
Gabe Newell, founder of Valve (paragraph 2, sentence 5)
The writer wants to add a sentence before sentence 8 to show that the third paragraph
is refuting the claim made in the second paragraph. Which sentence best accomplishes
the writer's goal? - Answer B
However, child psychologist David Foulkes argues that babies use REM sleep for other
purposes.
In sentence 14 (reproduced below), the writer wants to rebut the idea presented in the
first part of the sentence by offering a contrasting perspective.
Admittedly, sometimes parents claim that they have witnessed their toddlers having
terrible nightmares, which can be more frightening for the parents than for the toddlers.
Which version of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal? - Answer D
but these are actually night terrors, which are not dreams but episodes that occur in
non-REM sleep
In the context of the overall argument of the passage, which of the following choices
best describes the purpose of the second paragraph? - Answer E
It establishes the conventional view about whether babies dream in order to show how
the argument of the passage departs from this understanding.
Answers
The authors' description of the video in the first paragraph serves primarily to - Answer
B
illustrate a particular perspective on the importance of learning to code
In relation to the video "What Most Schools Don't Teach," the authors mention Jane
Margolis' "unease" (paragraph 3, sentence 1) primarily to - Answer C
rebut the video's premise about the steps required to make programming skills more
widespread
In the passage, the views expressed by which of the following most clearly support
Margolis' argument about the "boy wonder myth" (paragraph 3, sentence 2)? - Answer
D
Gabe Newell, founder of Valve (paragraph 2, sentence 5)
The writer wants to add a sentence before sentence 8 to show that the third paragraph
is refuting the claim made in the second paragraph. Which sentence best accomplishes
the writer's goal? - Answer B
However, child psychologist David Foulkes argues that babies use REM sleep for other
purposes.
In sentence 14 (reproduced below), the writer wants to rebut the idea presented in the
first part of the sentence by offering a contrasting perspective.
Admittedly, sometimes parents claim that they have witnessed their toddlers having
terrible nightmares, which can be more frightening for the parents than for the toddlers.
Which version of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal? - Answer D
but these are actually night terrors, which are not dreams but episodes that occur in
non-REM sleep
In the context of the overall argument of the passage, which of the following choices
best describes the purpose of the second paragraph? - Answer E
It establishes the conventional view about whether babies dream in order to show how
the argument of the passage departs from this understanding.
