AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Jamaica Kincaid, “On Seeing England for the First Time”)
AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz
Jamaica Kincaid, “On Seeing England for the First Time”
After reading the selection from “On Seeing England for the First Time,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 2–4.
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13.21 The primary rhetorical device used in this passage is
1. The primary rhetorical device used in this passage is
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13.22 In the beginning of paragraph 2, the author describes the breakfast she ate as a child in order to
2. In the beginning of paragraph 2, the author describes the breakfast she ate as a child in order to
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13.23 The sentence that begins “The shoes he wore to work” (middle of para. 2) contains which of the following?
3. The sentence that begins “The shoes he wore to work” (middle of para. 2) contains which of the following?
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13.24 Which of the following can the reader infer from the phrase “Made in England like almost everything else that surrounded us, the exceptions being the sea, the sky, and the air we breathed” (final sentence, para. 2) and from the overall context of the passage?
4. Which of the following can the reader infer from the phrase “Made in England like almost everything else that surrounded us, the exceptions being the sea, the sky, and the air we breathed” (final sentence, para. 2) and from the overall context of the passage?
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13.25 In paragraph 3, the speaker’s attitude toward England can best be described as
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13.26 Which of the following is/are parallel in structure and function to “the knife” (middle of para. 3)?
6. Which of the following is/are parallel in structure and function to “the knife” (middle of para. 3)?
I. “the fork” and “the food” II. “my elbows” III. “my mouth”
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13.27 The statement “I had long ago been conquered” (end of first sentence, para. 4) is significant to the author’s argument chiefly because
7. The statement “I had long ago been conquered” (end of first sentence, para. 4) is significant to the author’s argument chiefly because
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13.28 In context, the “erasure” the author mentions in the middle of paragraph 4 most likely refers to
8. In context, the “erasure” the author mentions in the middle of paragraph 4 most likely refers to
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13.29 The author’s tone at the end of paragraph 4 is primarily one of
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13.30 Which of the following does the author use to structure the overall passage?
10. Which of the following does the author use to structure the overall passage?