AP, History of Medieval Spain

One purpose of the first paragraph is to

• discount the importance of medieval history

• reinforce a popular perception of medieval Spain

• suggest that historical research will need to explore new sources

• define convivencia for non-specialists

• distinguish among the various historical accounts of medieval Spain

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The primary purpose of the quotes in the first paragraph is to

• emphasize the author's bewilderment with the narrative of medieval history offered by most historians of medieval Spain

• reinforce the author's position that proponents of convivencia mis interpret their evidence by quoting directly from their works

• suggest an alternate interpretation of the historical record

• recount the conventional narrative of convivencia in the words of its historians

• provide a comprehensive survey of the history of medieval Spain

The footnotes serve to

• demonstrate the range of sources he cites

• reveal that all the quotes are from the same source

• provide documentation for the sources of his quotes

• impress the reader with the technical expertise of the author

• explain the complexity of the argument at hand

The content of the second footnote

• undermines the claims made by Maria Rosa Menocal

• provides a citation for more information about the subject

• introduces information that will turn out to be essential to the main argument

• informs the reader of the whereabouts of a certain text

• clarifies the source of the expression used in the text

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The word "contemporary" (line 20) most nearly means

• artistic

• current

• similar

• historical

• global

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In line 25, the word "genre" refers to

• "fairy tale" (line 23)

• "convivencia" (line 25)

• "children" (line 23)

• "it" (line 26)

• "exotic journeys" (line 26)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following rhetorical devices is used in lines 22-24 ("This...describe")?

• Analogy

• Understatement

• Simile

• Classical allusion

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which one of the following characteristics of the scholarship on convivencia is most troublesome to the author?

• Its inherent lack of documentary evidence

• Its misleading emphasis on the importance of religion

• Its lack of methodological rigor or complexity

• Its preoccupation with Islamic historical trends

• Its tendency to exaggerate historical reality

All of the following accurately describe the tone of the second paragraph EXCEPT

• emphatic

• acerbic

• relieved

• comic

• vituperative

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The word "gestured" (line 33) most nearly means

• addressed incompletely

• characterized dishonestly

• questioned fully

• transferred abruptly

• figured expressively

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4