AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game

After reading the selection from Ending the Slavery Blame-Game, choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to the entire essay.

  1. Question

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: The primary rhetorical strategy in the first paragraph of the passage is
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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: In context, the term “judicious” (par. 2) most nearly means
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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: In context, the word “vexing” (par. 2) most nearly means
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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: The third paragraph of the passage advances the speaker’s argument by I. appealing to authority II. challenging a common narrativeIII. discussing both sides of the debate
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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: The speaker’s argument in paragraph 10 appeals to
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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the sentence that begins “Given this remarkably messy history” (par. 16)?
  7. Question

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: What is the primary function of the rhetorical question “So how could President Obama untangle the knot?” (par. 17)?
  8. Question

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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: The sentences that describe “Mr. Obama’s mixed feelings about the reparations movement” (par. 17) advance the speaker’s argument by
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    AP-Style Multiple Choice Ch. 9 Gates, Ending the Slavery Blame-Game: The concluding paragraph of the passage builds to a final sentence (par. 18) in which the speaker