AP MC Practice Quiz Reading

1. Which of the following best describes the writer’s exigence in the passage?

• (A) The lack of interest among eligible voters in the political process

• B) The growing trend of using violence to address women’s employment concerns

• (C) The limited resources available to women for changing existing power structures

• (D) Widening disparities in the socioeconomic circumstances of American and British women

• (E) Public resentment of the high tax rate imposed by the government

2. In the opening paragraph (lines 1–10), the writer contrasts a hypothetical rhetorical situation with her own primarily to

• (A) illustrate the double standards for men and women in the political realm

• (B) explain why women are more reluctant to adopt revolutionary methods than men

• (C) emphasize the influence of women on democratic culture in the United States

• (D) suggest that American women’s civil rights have been eroded in the twentieth century

• (E) highlight the obstacles women encounter when emigrating from other countries

3. In the second paragraph (lines 11–30), which of the following best characterizes the writer’s position on the relevance of her topic for American women?

• (A) Because American women are “so well off” {reference: so well off,}, it is unnecessary for them to adopt the methods described by the writer.

• (B) Because American women are “so well off” {reference: so well off,}, they have access to methods other than those described by the author.

• (C) By adopting the methods described by the writer, American women have succeeded in winning important civil rights.

• (D) Although the methods described by the writer are best suited for American men, American women could adapt such methods for use in the domestic sphere.

• (E) Although American women are perceived as “well off” {reference: so well off,}, they should nonetheless consider adopting the methods described by the writer.

4. In context, lines 11–23 (“You see . . . revolutionary methods”) could be used support which of the following claims about the writer’s tone?

• A) Her tone when discussing American women is patronizing.

• (B) Her tone when discussing American men is ingratiating.

• (C) She adopts a bold, forthright tone in approaching her subject.

• (D) She adopts a reverent, admiring tone in dealing with her subject.

• (E) She adopts a detached, impersonal tone when discussing her subject.

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5. In the third paragraph, the writer criticizes the logic of those who dismiss the methods of British feminists as “irrational” (line 42) on the grounds that they have

• (A) misconstrued the feminists’ reasons for employing the strategies they have chosen to employ

• (B) failed to verify the identities of those responsible for acts of vandalism

• (C) overlooked accounts that present a less provocative view of feminist activism in Britain

• (D) ignored a key distinction between American feminists and British feminists

• (E) assumed that feminists do not understand the normal political process

6. In the fourth paragraph (lines 52–67), the writer introduces a hypothetical scenario primarily to

• (A) question the motives of those who demand immediate changes to the status quo

• (B) underscore the efficiency of voting as a means of addressing political discontents

• (C) affirm the value of compromise in resolving political issues

• (D) spotlight the special political privileges recently accorded to the men of Hartford

• (E) encourage women’s rights activists to emulate the example of the men of Hartford

7. In the context of the passage, all of the following phrases refer to the same Idea EXCEPT

• (A) “revolutionary methods” (line 6)

• (B) “militant methods” (line 30)

• (C) “the only means we consider open to voteless persons” (lines 49–50)

• (D) “the proper and the constitutional and the practical way of getting their grievance removed” (lines 55–57)

• (E) “some of the antiquated means by which men in the past got their grievances remedied” (lines 77–78)

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8. At the end of the passage, the writer uses the “either . . . or” construction in lines 75–78 (“they would either . . . grievances remedied”) in order to

• (A) provide two possible explanations for why American women have not yet won the right to vote

• (B) offer two alternative methods of accomplishing the same goal

• (C) assert that patience is critical to smooth political transitions

• (D) imply that disruptive action may be the only way of resisting oppression in certain situations

• (E) suggest that old-fashioned methods of creating political change may be superior to modern methods in certain situations

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