AP LANG UNIT 4 MCQ LATEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Which of the following statements most directly expresses the author's thesis in the passage?
"[R]eal excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters." (paragraph 1,
sentence 5)
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere,
it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for
the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the
subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have
fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down
in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters. The scene
presented from this view is as a thousand arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same
object.
Question 2.
In the second paragraph, the author develops a comparison between life and "a thousand
arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same object" primarily to suggest that...
A. people exhibit remarkable
diversity in their development over time est of poets and philosophers" in the third paragraph
suggests that the author believes the audience of the speech will
A. recognize an implicit reference to Shakespeare and agree about his importance
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere,
it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for
the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the
subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have
fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down
in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters. The scene
presented from this view is as a thousand arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same
object. prominent African American activist and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of
men and the different uses they make of their powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling
contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere, it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to
define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for the government, well-being and progress of
mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the subjects of these laws everywhere abound in
inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers
without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down in manhood, and real excellence often comes
unheralded and from unexpected quarters.
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, Question 3.
In the context of the passage as a whole, the author's comparison between the qualities of
people and of metals (paragraphs 5-6) primarily serves to reinforce the author's overarching
claim about ordinary people's capacity for success
ANSWER
The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere,
it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for
the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the
subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have
fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down
in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters.
Question 4.
Which of the following best describes the function of the first two clauses of the passage's final
sentence ("It is context of the passage as a whole? They urge a change in attitude that should
follow logically from the author's argument.
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts it is not so easy to define, explain and
demonstrate. The natural laws for the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be
equal and are equal; but the subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and
contrasts. We cannot have fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise
of youth often breaks down in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from
unexpected quarters.
Question 5.
Which of the following statements most directly expresses the author's thesis in the passage?
C. "Femininity was a challenge thrown down to the female sex, a challenge no proud,
self-respecting young woman could afford to ignore" (paragraph 2, sentence 2)
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a book published by an American journalist and author in
1983.) Even without the appropriate toys and clothes, lessons in the art of being feminine lay all
around me and I absorbed them all; the fairy tales that were read to me at night, the brightly colored
advertisements I pored over in magazines before I learned to decipher the words, the movies I saw,
the comic books I hoarded, the radio soap operas I happily followed whenever I had to stay in bed
with a cold. I loved being a little girl, or rather I loved being a fairy princess, for that was who I
thought I was.
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VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Which of the following statements most directly expresses the author's thesis in the passage?
"[R]eal excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters." (paragraph 1,
sentence 5)
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere,
it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for
the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the
subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have
fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down
in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters. The scene
presented from this view is as a thousand arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same
object.
Question 2.
In the second paragraph, the author develops a comparison between life and "a thousand
arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same object" primarily to suggest that...
A. people exhibit remarkable
diversity in their development over time est of poets and philosophers" in the third paragraph
suggests that the author believes the audience of the speech will
A. recognize an implicit reference to Shakespeare and agree about his importance
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere,
it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for
the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the
subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have
fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down
in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters. The scene
presented from this view is as a thousand arrows shot from the same point and aimed at the same
object. prominent African American activist and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of
men and the different uses they make of their powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling
contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere, it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to
define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for the government, well-being and progress of
mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the subjects of these laws everywhere abound in
inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers
without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down in manhood, and real excellence often comes
unheralded and from unexpected quarters.
1
, Question 3.
In the context of the passage as a whole, the author's comparison between the qualities of
people and of metals (paragraphs 5-6) primarily serves to reinforce the author's overarching
claim about ordinary people's capacity for success
ANSWER
The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts and contradictions. Here, as elsewhere,
it is easy to dogmatize, but it is not so easy to define, explain and demonstrate. The natural laws for
the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be equal and are equal; but the
subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and contrasts. We cannot have
fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise of youth often breaks down
in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from unexpected quarters.
Question 4.
Which of the following best describes the function of the first two clauses of the passage's final
sentence ("It is context of the passage as a whole? They urge a change in attitude that should
follow logically from the author's argument.
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a prominent African American activist
and public speaker in 1872.) The various conditions of men and the different uses they make of their
powers and opportunities in life, are full of puzzling contrasts it is not so easy to define, explain and
demonstrate. The natural laws for the government, well-being and progress of mankind, seem to be
equal and are equal; but the subjects of these laws everywhere abound in inequalities, discords and
contrasts. We cannot have fruit without flowers, but we often have flowers without fruit. The promise
of youth often breaks down in manhood, and real excellence often comes unheralded and from
unexpected quarters.
Question 5.
Which of the following statements most directly expresses the author's thesis in the passage?
C. "Femininity was a challenge thrown down to the female sex, a challenge no proud,
self-respecting young woman could afford to ignore" (paragraph 2, sentence 2)
ANSWER
(The following passage is excerpted from a book published by an American journalist and author in
1983.) Even without the appropriate toys and clothes, lessons in the art of being feminine lay all
around me and I absorbed them all; the fairy tales that were read to me at night, the brightly colored
advertisements I pored over in magazines before I learned to decipher the words, the movies I saw,
the comic books I hoarded, the radio soap operas I happily followed whenever I had to stay in bed
with a cold. I loved being a little girl, or rather I loved being a fairy princess, for that was who I
thought I was.
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