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This AP Literature Practice Quiz 1 focuses on analyzing rhetorical strategies and language use in a nineteenth-century essay. It assesses understanding of literary techniques and critical reading skills essential for AP...

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 602 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question 1
Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage?

It makes an appeal to authority .

It restates the thesis of the passage .

It expresses the causal relationship between morality and writing style .

It provides a specific example for the preceding generalization

It presents a misconception that the author will correct .

Sample Question 2
Which of the following phrases does the author use to illustrate the notion of an unnatural and pretentious writing style?

“unconnected, slipshod allusions’’ (line 4)

“throw words together’’ (lines 5)

“gabble on at a venture’’ (line 15)

“get upon stilts’’ (line 20)

“pitch upon the very word’’ (line 22)

Sample Question 3
In lines 6–22 of the passage, the author uses an extended analogy between

Language and morality

Preaching and acting

Writing and speaking

Vulgar English and incorrect pronunciation

Ordinary life and the theater