AP Lang Sample Exam Questions and Answers 2023;Sections 1 and 2: MCQs

Which of the following best describes the writer's exigence in the passage? - Answer(C) The limited resources available to women for changing existing power structures In the opening paragraph (lines 1-10), the writer contrasts a hypothetical rhetorical situation with her own primarily to - Answer(A) illustrate the double standards for men and women in the political realm In the second paragraph (lines 11-30), which of the following best characterizes the writer's position on the relevance of her topic for American women? - Answer(E) Although American women are perceived as "well off" {reference: so well off,}, they should nonetheless consider adopting the methods described by the writer. In context, lines 11-23 ("You see . . . revolutionary methods") could be used to support which of the following claims about the writer's tone? - Answer(C) She adopts a bold, forthright tone in approaching her subject. In the third paragraph, the writer criticizes the logic of those who dismiss the methods of British feminists as "irrational" (line 42) on the grounds that they have - Answer(A) misconstrued the feminists' reasons for employing the strategies they have chosen to employ In the fourth paragraph (lines 52-67), the writer introduces a hypothetical scenario primarily to - Answer(B) underscore the efficiency of voting as a means of addressing political discontents In the context of the passage, all of the following phrases refer to the same idea EXCEPT - Answer(D) "the proper and the constitutional and the practical way of getting their grievance removed" (lines 55-57) At the end of the passage, the writer uses the "either . . . or" construction in lines 75-78 ("they would either . . . grievances remedied") in order to - Answer(D) imply that disruptive action may be the only way of resisting oppression in certain situations Which of the following sentences, if placed before sentence 1, would both capture the audience's interest and provide the most effective introduction to the topic of the paragraph? - Answer(B) On September 23, 1999, NASA officials were aghast when the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter vanished as it prepared to enter the red planet's orbit In sentence 2 (reproduced below), the writer wants an effective transition from the introductory paragraph to the main idea of the passage. The culprit was a discrepancy in the software that controlled the spacecraft's thrusters: one team of engineers had calculated the force needed from the thrusters