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AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Virginia Woolf, “Professions for Women”)

AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz

Virginia Woolf, “Professions for Women”

After reading the selection from “Professions for Women,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 1–4.

Question 8.28 In the first paragraph, the writer’s primary purpose is to

1. In the first paragraph, the writer’s primary purpose is to

establish her background to show why she is an appropriate choice of speaker for the group.

connect her work to the work of previous great women to illustrate her expertise.

illustrate why writing is an easy occupation that all women can pursue.

downplay her accomplishments to create a humble, trustworthy persona.

set up a point about the “cheapness” of writing that she will later argue against.

Question 8.29 What is the literary device illustrated in the statement “No demand was made upon the family purse” (para. 1)?

2. What is the literary device illustrated in the statement “No demand was made upon the family purse” (para. 1)?

metonymy

hyperbole

allusion

apostrophe

onomatopoeia

Question 8.30 In the second paragraph, Woolf distinguishes herself from other professional women in that

3. In the second paragraph, Woolf distinguishes herself from other professional women in that

writing and publishing come very easily and naturally to her.

she purchases luxury items rather than necessities with her earnings.

she makes the effort to mail her writing to a publisher, which results in a paycheck.

she spent several hours a day writing when she was a girl, preparing herself for the writer’s life.

her Persian cat causes disagreements with her neighbors, interfering with the peace needed to write.

Question 8.31 Paragraph 3 includes all of the following rhetorical strategies EXCEPT

4. Paragraph 3 includes all of the following rhetorical strategies EXCEPT

metaphor.

personification.

rhetorical question.

allusion.

antithesis.

Question 8.32 Through the mention of “The Angel in the House” (para. 3), Woolf suggests that

5. Through the mention of “The Angel in the House” (para. 3), Woolf suggests that

a woman’s role in society is to be self-sacrificing, charming, and pure.

battling a woman’s natural inclinations is necessary for success as a writer.

societal expectations for women impede a woman’s ability to write honestly.

women of all ages face obstacles to their work in an unchanging society.

an internal phantom whispers to a woman writer and guides her pen.

Question 8.33 The organizational pattern of this essay can best be described as

6. The organizational pattern of this essay can best be described as

description of purpose to personal anecdote to symbolic story.

specific information to qualification of points to qualified opinion.

history to personal anecdotes to projection into the future.

personal reflection to fictional example to personal experience.

general overview of problem to illustrative anecdotes to solution.

Question 8.34 All of the following statements characterize the author’s struggle to become a writer EXCEPT

7. All of the following statements characterize the author’s struggle to become a writer EXCEPT

“The family peace was not broken by the scratching of a pen.” (para. 1)

“The shadow of her wings fell on my page; I heard the rustling of her skirts in the room” (para. 3)

“‘Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own.’” (para. 3)

“My excuse, if I were to be had up in a court of law, would be that I acted in self-defence.” (para. 3)

“It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.” (para. 3)

Question 8.35 Throughout the essay, the author’s attitude toward her audience is one of

8. Throughout the essay, the author’s attitude toward her audience is one of

disdain and sarcasm.

politeness and condescension.

concern and criticism.

honesty and admiration.

hopefulness and skepticism.