AP Multiple Choice Questions

Men; AP Multiple Choice Questions

1. The last word of the poem is an example of

a. Motif

b. Dramatic Irony

c. Pathetic Fallacy

d. Situational Irony

e. Personification

2. At line 15 the speaker's tone shifts from...

a. Angry to innocent

b. Curious to bitter

c. Remorseful to loving

d. Joyful to depressed

e. Careless to passionate

3. The poem symbolizes innocence using all of the following EXCEPT...

            a. Key

b. Window

c. Curtains

d. Kitchen match

e. Egg

4. Based on the speaker's attitude toward men in the poem, the reader can infer that...

                a. She is married

                b. She will never associate herself with men again

                c. She is still curious about men despite her experiences

                d. She is uncertain about her past

                e. She believes all men are corruptive

5. Which of the following is an example of personification found in the poem?

                        I.   "the last raw egg in the world"

                        II.   "taste tries to return to the tongue"

                        III.  "the earth rights itself again"

                        IV.  "Their shoulders high"

a. I and II

b. II only

c. II and III

d. II, III, and IV

e. All of them

Nights at the Circus Prose; AP Multiple Choice Questions

1. The last sentence of the passage contains an example of

a. Motif

b. Dramatic Irony

c. Pathetic Fallacy

d. Situational Irony

e. Personification

2. The purpose of lines 1-5 is to...

                a. Provide background for the countess' childhood

                b. Set the mood of the story

                c. Foreshadow upcoming events

                d. Both b and c

                e. None of these

3. Within the passage,  Countess P. feels all of the following EXCEPT...

                a. Doubtful

                b. Curious

                c. Nervous

                d. Guilty

                e. Surprised

4. From the information given in the passage, we can infer that the guards...

                a. Were loyal to the countess before the uprising

                b. Had chosen to work in the House of Correction

                c. Were motivated by love

                d. Stole the countess' contracts

                e. Hated the prisoners

5. "Silently, surreptitiously, as the unacknowledged autumn changed to winter outside, a warmth and glow suffused the House of Correction, a glow so inappropriate to the season that the Countess herself felt the effects of the palpable change of temperature within, so she would sweat, yet she could not, no matter how hard she looked, detect a single visible change in the mechanical order she had laid down "

This sentence contains examples of

                                I. Pathetic Fallacy

                                II. Motif

                                III. Foreshadowing

                                IV. Alliteration

                a. II only

                b. IV only

                c. I and III

                d. I, II, and IV

                e. I, III, and IV