This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language And Composition – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language And Composition Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The juxtaposition of the solemn, serious trials and Abigail's motivation (sexual jealousy) creates a pervasive atmosphere of: A) Tragedy. B) Slapstick comedy. C) Situational and Dramatic Irony. D) Overt melodrama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational and Dramatic Irony. 2. Without bias (as opposed to subjective) A) Fervent. B) Stagnant. C) Candid. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Objective. 3. The symbolism of the title The Crucible best supports the thematic argument that: A) Salem's trials were a 'melting pot' of different theological viewpoints. B) Intense fear and pressure act as a purifying test, exposing the true moral metal of individuals. C) The town's primary economic activity was metallurgy and smelting. D) The play is structured like a four-act furnace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intense fear and pressure act as a purifying test, exposing the true moral metal of individuals. 4. Someone who hoards money; greedy person A) Daunt. B) Inclined. C) Miser. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miser. 5. Which method of development explains how something works, how to do something, or how something is/was done? A) Description. B) Narration. C) Process analysis. D) Cause and effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process analysis. 6. How many paragraphs should your essay possess? A) Four. B) Two. C) Three. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five. 7. What is anaphora and how is it used? A) Using sensory details to create a vivid picture. B) A contrast of ideas expressed in parallel structure. C) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. D) It is used as an appeal to logic or reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. 8. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." (John F. Kennedy, 1961) A) Chiasmus. B) Canon. C) Allusion. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 9. Parris's desperate plea in Act IV for a postponement is motivated by the physical reality of a dagger falling near his door. This action is a powerful image that appeals most directly to: A) Logos, by providing a factual basis for the danger. B) Pathos, by invoking his personal fear of public revolt and violence. C) Ethos, by attempting to align himself with the community's discontent. D) The fallacy of Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos, by invoking his personal fear of public revolt and violence. 10. The analysis essay on the AP Lang test requires you to ..... A) Synthesize sources to support your own argument. B) Defend, Qualitfy, or Challenge an author's argument. C) Examine the rhetorical strategies the author uses. D) Answer multiple choice questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Examine the rhetorical strategies the author uses. 11. Which term best describes the tone established by Miller's description of the Puritan society at the beginning of the play, characterizing it as 'a theocracy ..... whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction'? A) Reverent and admiring. B) Objective and explanatory. C) Sardonic and critical. D) Foreboding and suspenseful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreboding and suspenseful. 12. A poet will often use alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhythm, and rhyme in order to- A) Make the poem interesting. B) Allow a poem to flow. C) Stress the theme of the poem. D) Show his command of the English language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allow a poem to flow. 13. Which sound device is being used in this line?Softly and slowly the snowflakes fell A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 14. To support; to prop up A) Bolster. B) Superficial. C) Uniform. D) Expository. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bolster. 15. "All the world is a stage." is what type of figurative language? A) Cliche. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 16. Which of the following best describes imagery? A) A method of development that defines or explains a word, subject, or concept. B) The written expression of a sensory experience, such as sound, sight, smell, touch, or taste. C) An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally. D) A comparison of two unrelated objects that assigns ideas to the points of comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The written expression of a sensory experience, such as sound, sight, smell, touch, or taste. 17. A predisposition or subjective opinion A) Call to action. B) Anecdote. C) Analogy. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias. 18. Once you choose a position/side, you should A) Develop your claim/thesis. B) Develop an introduction. C) Outline your entire essay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Develop your claim/thesis. 19. Which set of words are synonymous with "despotic" ? A) Inspirational, motivational, empowering. B) Humble, modest, respectful. C) Kind, fair, democratic. D) Oppressive, authoritarian, dictatorial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oppressive, authoritarian, dictatorial. 20. To distinguish one thing from another A) Discriminate. B) Differentiate. C) Discern. D) Distinguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discern. 21. A phrase or statement that while seeming contradictory or absurd may actually be well founded or true. Used to attract attention or to secure emphasis A) Cliche. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 22. After the critical reading of the sources, how much time do you have to write the actual essay? A) 60 minutes. B) 40 minutes. C) 50 minutes. D) 30 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40 minutes. 23. "He sneezed in the breeze on his feet." is what type of sound device? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Oxymoron. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 24. Repetition of interior consonant sounds: "The fickle kicker chuckled as he clunked the ball down." A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Meter. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 25. Synthesis writing is argumentative in nature. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Choose the part of speech for each vocabulary word. Word:Perspicacity is a ..... A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 27. The setting of the final Act (a jail cell) is primarily used by Miller to create a tone of: A) Order and legal finality. B) Tranquil resignation and acceptance. C) Moral degradation and existential despair. D) The promise of a new, post-theocracy government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral degradation and existential despair. 28. The stage direction describing the court as 'sunlight pouring in' but 'a graveyard' for the accused, is an example of a visual metaphor that conveys: A) The natural beauty of the Salem landscape. B) A contrast between the court's outward claim of divine truth and its deadly, corrupt reality. C) The historical accuracy of the building's architecture. D) The judge's literal blinding by the sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A contrast between the court's outward claim of divine truth and its deadly, corrupt reality. 29. When a writer delivers relevant opposing arguments. A) Qualifier. B) Claim of definition. C) Claim of value. D) Refutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refutation. 30. It's your world, and the sources are just living in it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAp Language And Composition Quiz 1Ap Language And Composition Quiz 2Ap Language And Composition Quiz 3Ap Language And Composition Quiz 4Ap Language And Composition Quiz 5Ap Language And Composition Quiz 6Ap Language And Composition Quiz 7Ap Language And Composition Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books