
AP Lang Unit 6 MCQ Progress Check
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When she discusses Obama in the first paragraph, the
author's tone is best described as
largely critical
Which of the following best describes the relationship
between the author's quotation of Coats in the middle of
the first paragraph ("But I think...half as much")
The quotation expresses disapproval of a tenet adopted
by Obama; the discussion that follows it explains the au-
thor's disapproval by highlighting problematic aspects of
a specific program.
In the second paragraph, the author draws on evidence
from her personal experience primarily to
explain a change in her assessment of a particular idea
In the fourth paragraph, the author elaborates on the
history of the "talented tenth" primarily to argue that this
idea
is implicated in a flawed understanding of black success
In the second and third sentences of the second para-
graph, the author implies which of the following about the
differences between men and women?
Differences between men and women exist but are limited
only to particular attributes
The author's statement that "instances are by no means
uncommon" (paragraph 2, sentence 4) contributes to a
tone that is
measured and objective
At the end of the second paragraph, the author claims that
"these instances are not adduced with a view of proving
that it is desirable to open such professions to women"
primarily to
distance herself from a perspective that could be support-
ed by the evidence she cites
In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author
describes needlework as "seemingly peculiarly adapted
to the powers and tastes of women" primarily to
signal the limitations of a cliché she plans to undermine
In context, the author's tone when discussing the "pre-
sumptive connexion" in the last sentence of the last para-
graph is best described as
dismissive
Which of the following can best be described as the pas-
sage's thesis?
Sentences 5 and 6
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