Satan Passage 2012 AP Lit MC

#24. Satan's action is best described as...

• trespass

• usurpation

• betrayal

• dream

• consecration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#25. In line 5, "perplexed" is best interpreted to mean...

• widened

• complicated

• questioned

• endangered

• discovered

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

#26. According to the passage, why does Satan not enter the garden by the gate?

• The gate is protected by God

• The gate is hidden by overgrown shrubbery

• He is too large to fit through the gate

• He is contemptuous of proper procedures

• He fears an encounter with other creatures

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#27: In which of the following lines does an epic simile begin?

• Line 1

• Line 4

• Line 10

• Line 12

• Line 20

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#28. Which of the following lines contains a play on words?

• Line 3: But further way found none; so thick entwined,

• Line 6: All path of man or beast that passed that way

• Line 10: At one slight bound high overleaped all bound

• Line 14: Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve,

• Line 20: In at the window climbs, or o'er the tiles:

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#29: In line 15, "hurdled cotes" refers to

• blocked paths

• natural obstacles

• fenced enclosures

• wool garments

• steep hills

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

#30: In line 18, the "rich burgher" is analogous to

• a wolf

• Satan

• God

• a traveler

• a hireling

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#31: The subject of "fear" (line 19) is

• "shepherds" (line 14)

• "flocks" (line 14)

• "thief" (line 17)

• "burgher" (line 18)

• "doors" (line 18)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#32. Which of the following lines most probably contains a commentary on the poet's own era?

• Line 2: Satan had journeyed on, pensive and slow

• Line 7: One gate there only was, and that looked east

• Line 9: Due entrance he disdained, and, in contempt

• Line 10: At one slight bound high overleaped all bound

• Line 22: So since into his Church lewd hirelings climb.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

#33: The imagery in the passage suggests all of the following about Satan EXCEPT his...

• pride

• stealthiness

• rapaciousness

• stupidity

• unscrupulousness

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5