AP, Gulliver's Travels

The purpose of this passage is most likely to

• describe the cultural landscape in Gulliver's Travels

• draw a comparison between the fictional world Gulliver experienced and the similar imaginative elements of eighteenth-century London

• point out the superfluous nature of entertainment in Swift's London

• provide evidence that Swift's satire is derived from the natural curiosity of European royalty

• discredit the notion that Gulliver's Travels is a wholly original work

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In the passage, the author's overall attitude toward Gulliver's Travels can best be described as

• cleverly subversive

• bitingly sarcastic

• generally appreciative

• halfheartedly engaged

• insistently dismissive

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"Scriblerians" (line 16) refers to

• book craftsmen in London

• characters in Swift's novels

• English politicians and aristocrats

• historians of popular entertainment

• a London-based circle of English authors

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It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Jonathan Swift was

• a citizen of London

• a producer of public entertainments

• a member of the Scriblerians

• a painter as well as an author

• a traveling salesman

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The stylistic feature most evident in the first two paragraphs (lines 1-20) is the use of

• repeated syntactical patterns

• shifts in tense and person

• historical allusions

• a series of extended metaphors

• didactic analogies and asides

In describing miniature people and landscapes in the final paragraph, the author emphasizes their

• sie

• obscurity

• magnificence

• commonness

• transience

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In the fourth paragraph, the author includes long quotes primarily in order to

• refute the claims of his detractors that Gulliver's Travels was purely imaginative

• document the connection between Gulliver's Travels and popular entertainments

• challenge the prevailing scholarship on the miniature people and landscapes in Gulliver's Travels

• highlight the inconsistencies within Gulliver's Travels regarding miniature people and landscapes

• inform the reader of the sources for the study of miniature people and landscapes in Gulliver's Travels

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Which of the following best describes the relationship between the first section (lines 1-20) and the second section (lines 21-66) of the passage?

• The second section answers the series of questions raised in the first section.

• The second section challenges the prevailing picture detailed in the first section.

• The second section undermines the positions of scholars introduced in the first section.

• The second section expands on a technical definition introduced in the first section.

• The second section provides evidence for the claims introduced in the first section.

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Footnote 1 in line 24 indicates that

• the article first appeared as an addendum to Gulliver's Travels

• Gulliver's Travels was first published in 1939

• the quotation "looked like the... Theater" was excerpted from Gulliver's Travels, part of a 14-volume set of Swift's works

• the quotation "looked like the... Theater" was originally written by Herbert Davis

• Gulliver's Travels was reprinted in its entirety in 1939, and credited to Herbert Davis instead of Swift

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Footnote 2 in line 36 indicates

• the quotation was taken from a professional journal

• the quotation refers to a 1710 exhibit in Amsterdam

• the quotation originally appeared in Gulliver's Travels in 1883

• the quotation, describing a miniature exhibition of Amsterdam, first appeared in a book by John Ashton

• the quotation was originally published in a newspaper

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