AP Lang- "Reading an Archive" (MC Practice)

45. The first sentence (lines 1-3) does all of the following, except...

• to indicate that material appears in this essay prior to this section

• to indicate scholarly research

• to indicate a cause/effect relationship

• to state the thesis of the piece

• to establish that the essay is based on the opinion of the author

46. The word "oversight" in line 12 refers to...

• "pictures from a company public relations archive" (10-11)

• "without calling attention to the bias" (11).

• "construct a pictorial history" (9-10)

• "coal mining in Cape Breton" (10)

• "present interests" (12)

47. An accurate reading of footnote 7 informs the reader that the author based his material on...

• Society of the Spectacle, rev. ed. 1977

• Society of the Spectacle, 1970

• La société du spectacle, 1967

• The Black and Red, 1970

• Buchat-Chastel, 1967

48. The author directly involves the reader using which of the following linguistic devices?

• direct address

• exhortation

• metaphor

• direct quotation

• rhetorical question

49. "initial contexts" in line 35-36 refers to...

• "our second option" (28)

• "historical explanation"

  (28-29)

• "inventory of aesthetic achievement"

  (30)

• "contemporary vanguard art" (33)

• "disinterested aesthetic perusal" (31)

50. The main concern of the passage is contained in which of the following lines?

• "Since the 1920s...and so on." (4-8)

• "The viewer...critical evaluations."

  (13-14)

• "In retrieving... geographical mobility."

  (14-16)

• "I can imagine...of the fine arts."

  (37-39

• "The form...

  mechanical medium."

  (46-49)

51. The most probable implication of this passage is that...

• historians are cynical

• historians are naive

• readers/viewers must be aware of the bias inherent in source material

• viewers/readers are ill equipped to make critical evaluations

• dealing with photographs demands combination of the mechanical and the aesthetic

52. The purpose of footnote 9 is to...

• enhance the reputation of the writer

• cite a primary source

• direct the reader to opposing positions

• compare differing cultures

• provide a historical context

53. The tone of the passage can best be described as...

• argumentative and scholarly

• romantic and artistic

• philosophical and didactic

• informative and sarcastic

• informal and playful

54. According to the author, the power of the photography as historical illustration is found in the...

• historian

• spectator

• picture press

• image itself

• camera