AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance

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After reading the selection from Self-Reliance, choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 1–6.

  1. Question

    It can be inferred that the “admonition” in the second sentence results from the

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: It can be inferred that the “admonition” in the second sentence results from the

  2. Question

    Which of the following contrasts best supports the main idea of the first paragraph?

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: Which of the following contrasts best supports the main idea of the first paragraph?

  3. Question

    Which of the following phrases found in the opening paragraph is most ironic?

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: Which of the following phrases found in the opening paragraph is most ironic?

  4. Question

    Paragraph 1 contains each of the following EXCEPT

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: Paragraph 1 contains each of the following EXCEPT

  5. Question

    In the concluding phrase of the fifth sentence in paragraph 1, “not what men, but what they thought,” which of the following words is understood to fit between “men” and “but”?

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: In the concluding phrase of the fifth sentence in paragraph 1, “not what men, but what they thought,” which of the following words is understood to fit between “men” and “but”?

  6. Question

    In the first paragraph, which of the following words are juxtaposed for effect?

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: In the first paragraph, which of the following words are juxtaposed for effect?

  7. Question

    Paragraph 2 contains each of the following syntactical features EXCEPT

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: Paragraph 2 contains each of the following syntactical features EXCEPT

  8. Question

    The speaker’s tone in the first sentence of paragraph 3 might be best described as

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: The speaker’s tone in the first sentence of paragraph 3 might be best described as

  9. Question

    In the second sentence of paragraph 4, an antecedent of “these” is

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: In the second sentence of paragraph 4, an antecedent of “these” is

  10. Question

    It can be inferred that the readers directly addressed by the speaker in paragraph 4 are his

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: It can be inferred that the readers directly addressed by the speaker in paragraph 4 are his

  11. Question

    The purpose of the analogy at the beginning of paragraph 5 is to

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: The purpose of the analogy at the beginning of paragraph 5 is to

  12. Question

    Paragraph 5 contains an example of each of the following EXCEPT

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: Paragraph 5 contains an example of each of the following EXCEPT

  13. Question

    The antecedent of “its” and “it” in the last two sentences of paragraph 6 is

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: The antecedent of “its” and “it” in the last two sentences of paragraph 6 is

  14. Question

    The meaning of paragraph 6 primarily depends on which of the following tropes?

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: The meaning of paragraph 6 primarily depends on which of the following tropes?

  15. Question

    Which statement would Emerson most likely agree with?

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: Which statement would Emerson most likely agree with?

  16. Question

    The passage as a whole may be seen as a(n)

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 7 Emerson, from Self-Reliance: The passage as a whole may be seen as a(n)