AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
After reading the selection from Notes of a Native Son, choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 3–5.
AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son: In paragraph 3, Baldwin I. describes his difficult relationship with his father II. places the father in a larger historical contextIII. blames his father for succumbing to the pressures of racism
AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son: In this passage, the author employs which of the following elements of fiction? I. plot II. settingIII. character
AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son: Baldwin’s observation that his father “really should have been naked, with warpaint on and barbaric mementos, standing among spears” (par. 5) suggests that Baldwin believes
AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son: Which of the following statements describes the effect of the sentence in paragraph 5 that begins “When he took one of his children on his knee to play”? I. The vivid detail in the sentence evokes an emotional response. II. The qualifiers in the sentence mirror the father’s complex relationship with his children.III. The length of the sentence suggests the enduring nature of the parent-child bond.
AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son: In the sentence “He was not a young man when we were growing up and he had already suffered many kinds of ruin” (par. 5), “ruin” most likely refers to the father’s
AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 10 Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son: Which of the following most accurately describes the narrative development of the passage?