AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Terry Tempest Williams, “The Clan of One-Breasted Women”)

AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz

Terry Tempest Williams, “The Clan of One-Breasted Women”

After reading the selection from “The Clan of One-Breasted Women,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 1–19.

Question 12.26 The principal contrast employed by the author in the passage is

1. The principal contrast employed by the author in the passage is

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Question 12.27 The primary rhetorical function of paragraphs 1–3 is to

2. The primary rhetorical function of paragraphs 1–3 is to

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Question 12.28 Which literary device does the author employ in the sentence beginning “What they don’t say” (para. 4)?

3. Which literary device does the author employ in the sentence beginning “What they don’t say” (para. 4)?

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Question 12.29 In context, the word “stoic” (para. 6) is best interpreted to mean

4. In context, the word “stoic” (para. 6) is best interpreted to mean

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Question 12.30 In context, the word “permeated” (para. 13) is best interpreted to mean

5. In context, the word “permeated” (para. 13) is best interpreted to mean

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Question 12.31 The two sentences near the end of paragraph 16 beginning “We pulled over and suddenly” contain all of the following literary devices EXCEPT

6. The two sentences near the end of paragraph 16 beginning “We pulled over and suddenly” contain all of the following literary devices EXCEPT

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Question 12.32 The rhetorical device the author uses most throughout the passage is an appeal to

7. The rhetorical device the author uses most throughout the passage is an appeal to

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Question 12.33 The author’s tone at the conclusion of the passage (para. 19) can best be described as

8. The author’s tone at the conclusion of the passage (para. 19) can best be described as

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