AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”)
AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz
After reading the selection from “Mother Tongue,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 8–15.
Question
10.20 Which of the following best describes the author’s purpose in including the following sentence: “It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way to describe it other than ‘broken,’ as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness” (para. 8)?
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10.21 In context, the word “empirical” (last sentence of para. 9) is best interpreted to mean
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10.22 What is the author’s primary purpose in paragraphs 10–13?
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10.23 Which of the following best characterizes the tone in this passage?
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10.24 Paragraph 14 relies primarily on which of the following rhetorical devices?
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10.25 Tan’s attitude toward her mother’s use of English is one of
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10.26 The phrase “impeccable broken English” at the end of paragraph 13 is an example of
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10.27 Which of the following best describes the rhetorical effect achieved by juxtaposing the lighthearted stockbroker anecdote (paras. 10–13) and the serious hospital anecdote (para. 14)?
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