AP Lang Sample Exam Questions and Answers;Sections 1 and 2: MCQs

AP Lang Sample Exam Questions and Answers;Sections 1 and 2: MCQs 1. In lines 35-46, "All will agree [. . .] for investigation," Douglass does all of the following except - ANSWER -C) Levy specific charges against his former master. 2. Douglass' argument for exposing his master's reprehensible conduct (lines 29-50) is founded upon - ANSWER -D) Analogy 3. In the second paragraph Douglass suggest that the imminent nature of his escape triggered antithetical feelings of - ANSWER -A) Anticipation and Apprehension 4. Douglass's "lamenting that (he) was a man, and wishing (him)self a brute" (lines 59-60) was likely motivated by a(n) - ANSWER -B) Acute consciousness of the degradation of his enslavement. 5. Douglass uses the phrase "treasured up" (line 61) to convey which of the following? I. The rarity of a successful escape from bondage. II. The extent to which the dream of escape sustained him. III. The duration of his clandestine planning. - ANSWER -D. II and III 6. The "one" mentioned in lines 77 and 78 is most likely - ANSWER C) A fellow slave 7. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the author's style? - ANSWER -D) A highly imagistic depiction of the suffering of enslavement. 8. The author juxtaposes his bold daytime escape with which of the following figurative expressions? I. The "dark clouds of doubt and fear" that shook his resolve. II. The "leap in the dark" that he made in striking out for the North. III. The vulnerable feeling of "Going to war without weapons" - ANSWER -C) I and II 9. Overall, Douglass' letter is best classified as a(n) - ANSWER -E) Measured verbalization of his master's culpability for his physical and psychological suffering. 10. The trio of complementary epigraphs that precede the passage does all of the following EXCEPT - ANSWER -E) Suggest that some women repress the unpleasant experiences of their pasts. 11. Taken together, the trio of epigraphs that precede the passage serves to - ANSWER -C) Presage the author's articulation of the state of women in a male-dominated culture. 12. The arrangement of the three epigraphs suggest that women need to progress through which sequence of stages? - ANSWER -C) Ignorance Questioning-Enlightenment 13. The third epigraph and footnote are primarily intended to establish a connection between - ANSWER -A) Spirituality and Self-Actualization 14. Which of the following is LEAST drawn upon by the authors in developing their argument? - ANSWER -C) History 15. Throughout the course of their argument, the authors figuratively depict the cave as a(n) - ANSWER -E) Tomb for aspirations of women 16. By the words, "To this shrine the initiate comes to hear the voices of darkness, the wisdom of inwardness", the authors imply which of the following? - ANSWER -B) That the path to empowerment begins with introspection. 17. "But despite its melodrama [. . .] a vaporous Cave of Spleen" - suggest all of the following EXCEPT - ANSWER -E) The plight of women was a major concern of Edgar Allen Poe. 18. What likely motivates the authors to label the anecdote of Simone de Beauvoir a "counter parable" is its - ANSWER -E) Feminist Bent 19. The authors imply that the aging and physical disfigurement of the Tunisian cave dwellers is a consequence of thir - ANSWER -D) Inalterable domestic lot.