AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Joyce Carol Oates, “The Cruelest Sport”)
AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz
Joyce Carol Oates, “The Cruelest Sport”
After reading the selection from “The Cruelest Sport,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 1–5.
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9.9 The first paragraph of the passage contains all of the following EXCEPT
1. The first paragraph of the passage contains all of the following EXCEPT
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9.10 Judging by the tone of the first paragraph, the author’s attitude toward boxing can best be described as
2. Judging by the tone of the first paragraph, the author’s attitude toward boxing can best be described as
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9.11 The word “mimesis” (beginning of para. 2) is best interpreted to mean
3. The word “mimesis” (beginning of para. 2) is best interpreted to mean
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9.12 In the third paragraph, the principal contrast employed by the author is between
4. In the third paragraph, the principal contrast employed by the author is between
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9.13 Taken as a whole, the primary rhetorical function of the parenthetical information is to
5. Taken as a whole, the primary rhetorical function of the parenthetical information is to
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9.14 The phrase “masculine fantasy” (para. 3) is reinforced by the author’s later reference to
6. The phrase “masculine fantasy” (para. 3) is reinforced by the author’s later reference to
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9.15 In context, “Dionysian” (para. 4) likely refers to which of the following?
7. In context, “Dionysian” (para. 4) likely refers to which of the following?
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9.16 In the last paragraph of the passage (para. 5), the author employs all of the following rhetorical devices EXCEPT
8. In the last paragraph of the passage (para. 5), the author employs all of the following rhetorical devices EXCEPT