AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Francine Prose, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”)

AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz

Francine Prose, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”

After reading the selection from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 1–6.

Question What is the purpose of the sentence “Given the dreariness with which literature is taught in many American classrooms, it seems miraculous that any sentient teenager would view reading as a source of pleasure” (middle of para. 1)?

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Question In paragraph 1, which of the following stylistic devices is most in evidence?

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Question In context, the term “vestigial” (middle of para. 2) most likely means

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Question What is the author’s main purpose of the third full paragraph?

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Question When the author refers to the “lemminglike fervor” (para. 4) of universities, she means that the administrations at these universities

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Question What is the main purpose of the author’s using information about her sons in paragraphs 5 and 6?

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Question All of the following have a negative connotation EXCEPT

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Question The author’s tone in this passage can best be described as

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