AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (James Baldwin, “A Talk to Teachers”)

AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz

James Baldwin, “A Talk to Teachers”

After reading the selection from “A Talk to Teachers,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 4–7.

Question

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

Question The organizational pattern of paragraphs 4 and 5 can best be described as

YpnvH2IEhE1WuW72kFLJSETJ60I5QSGgZmwpMzXv1o3RutxBYpmwPxilj4v75MDzSQQuQlFytdXBIk3iMht9U40LJY+MKy8tH1wagKbrZc9W8wlGIcJspGBOml+ZzgjL0493MNZmziJHqN7pgL7nVlpAB/69Tzw9bOuK0ELKUP9IgVUJ9BYTmQpg6P1e5kuQlFbb9cPC2VjcKW3GRsIOp6P/BVXzI1Rx9U1Eq9e659XWOESFZoKWS4EDrafW6KrjdeIQJmmnd+SZtE7XH0eq+aBe3qL/a7xDTbgI8OC2cJHgppok2sJ5afI6FePWptPPb1/bdpE7hAW6WSOu2bmvtRzhaCv/4CnDR2XiCmbBwsQnthrYvih0qND75ZfN+I/U0PaYwOKQ+9Y1LZeDAPTyzCmAHOZYfivxrqSxxiokhcok5+wOwD85LOa9GlYCl3VO3lNFVREvxn46mJGOddk2/Mm3MIjHYVBjM6t9YI2Z+Xy8R8uptZKE/GeEQb8GthsOcQhQmu7848fXv4avERalQhOTZ/6qeRLV0K57MDYKhmjiXeWHznM6NrNiQ/eUfDw1cfe7s+fzJrqS+Kchy9C0Md517zOsr0YZqHKs5wku1pPiOj64tjRtpz00XR+APDOCj+IxyeSS/DZDUFgbS1Pouon5tJ9iCraMN7niaFuy/rmMKnTKP/FXpIZ+xbVrTDHV+ZD1zd9YRdUAMdn5ygkPIQ==

Question Which of the following rhetorical devices can be found in paragraph 6?

LEy5hDJ4urm9oezLl8TFlNNmsq0/CqB/HyBCjeNtD4jwLudmREwtcDwjFBwG64lfPUWyfhDPjLl/2LI+h0YNWSKPQtM5oQOSEvT65/LZXspQ2AJm1+gPIih5ckyjx3lRv6FLyLAaS6rcnDh4fMzbg2YkXvGl0oTbYbwZKxUVXFRCV853GUlYzPtSn5MkEDSUMDlxVk+0foi47Ss6wbFQvldyUMvwJFst9Uf4st2Bges7G9CDml3V5wXAI3a6ze3KPYC6uZi4J/osQkS3Z6TPQDql9bJHXj5rNs2KYQIPXlYuTxafGwYLMkmGEjnWBJSwfxegjM9BhqEMFN3lwxwbQGurs1e9liOcbJFN9/h3cQpqG6OKNVfK/C2uafFfiFQyQtYKjC/C55rdqvyCg1po3NL3gH8+j2fW0y+gEGfN4gYt2Pnk8PXQYNLTQ20uH5rubL5Sqb6fDati6qvo4e4gQqqpIgKWvfmEGSGwdo/b1xypLWdUIvr2U8EIKfr+L9b8uDOVZL1AZCQiOgDuIUtZ322KLJO51ATQydGTnotg9IUyvEQW36xyKGCy6jENK6Xi0DNjo9qbXBoY1NEeilzSJSLyl2cVprhZN2O/rsCRyGtnXXrPg+iNrg1lCL5WhnV7VvHBr/T3Qyb1rq9PpvGqvchSMAbqSKf2dNZmiemFOcIF75EvSgdH78ftiuqb34rr3jvpA4x88crSEckhzU6N+czikkmL3XK5+nchpwxNJMGQbkFbiYywRsYBUxl20E7TDS4EEp7lSfUX9iaEPbuonPNtsbtT3OVmMTcgQNtdIVQ=

Question What is the best way to describe the author’s attitude in this excerpt?

Ixxl1H65LjlMpKkKatLWWTE91oj/aJXOeZaro7esXI8vcxHZvcBNu0q7zpDvttxn1BcUhUTTNe9MqfqSLM76i+5lyvA+wwDMCAWZigKlTdoueJyzH9kq9ff4ZKjM13v5fezFiti+BBBzMcIxLaVelEps4kyon5NrGOpGA4uFndjfEDM00CZUpfbDfNUBVhWpl9+MaaDg8WbbPnRF7YnLslHWIbTS8qnYRJszyHcfG2kaTsqMj5qs1ZLR8Jr1SOqml7xCrcDKISpxQ+e/z9Gq6czoMJak76uBv655ymqVgFswrWpnl8FxhPVHU0X/caG7bdEcEx3jipdc3JMwR90kRvxyAiAduHYnrYNrGK9PsoAUMafCRhu9raowwoUNpErhcXM/P7i1brc7DY4Ge7q/2a5mWKdV+EQ7zqEgA4sIUmTa9NAPPsUdhJ8dfazu8uQwLhdvs//pBMF06sw92vh42mAHkMEuFA7iNjX7yG+uCbpEYFyLPeWUjqqQB472bI79NLO6Zm24rUf4AwKRsfS/49ixGuGsIFrh30Y6q728cVRi0ecNwFlyjJc2jijs4THNJiv9uRZKYGTUdxafyH9SZpgyo6IdVLG10Fku05f4MnT7xwqxCT7h5xU2P4ggZtsemlXFKPDYFP3EYFjPcqjk8mHWPzRsN22BmP+pMY+mrUZoPZtV82yptzTmYSzw/9DNV/0zaeA9efNSauKm8s/6D2/sNk6VWCwoTPAWfg+GUZNBpJkWSO2vyucWdVBGIpW8Ggcp9Qn4pT0Mrh9Pav6OmY4CQzxNPFJAr/7AT4K9nROa8m3Kaqf8DUtTdvT213dWKEEtt1ZvdLMduF7sN/1A3j2dagmL87ARSK24bTZc8AEng9su0W+gdZYNFZLP0tWAXK1VbDowQpR08Dcw/lEvmwW0fz747uPxDJ/5suS+UPVpu9We7Mi+SeiyFOfiTF6Y1UBA6rpOoddlwIb2gURvhT5R4ErmtspZ+bF5DJ0cXo4QKwc4ND8vInwY+Q8ZKvhcISemoPPbSrNyaz/PasfMQMWZJ9zQLne9dmmGldfiUv/IDkTt2M1PRQ==

Question The author’s use of the first and third person in paragraph 5 serves to

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

Question Baldwin’s reference to “the pimps, the whores, the junkies” toward the end of paragraph 5 functions to

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

Question In context, “sinister” (end of para. 7) means

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

Question It can be inferred from Baldwin’s language in the conclusion of the passage (para. 7) that

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