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Alex Ferguson

Taming of the Shrew AP Questions


1. RHETORIC
Questions on rhetoric can be worded as follows:
The phrase cut her past away in line 1! does which of the followin"#
I. It shifts the tone of the narrati$e fro% senti%entality to
realis%.
II. It introduces a strain of naturalis% into the passa"e.
III. It foreshadows &ona's %o%entous decision.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I and II only
(d) II and III only
(e) I* II* and III
+. TO,E
- .uestion on the tone of a passa"e (often indicated synony%ously with
author or spea/er's attitude) can be worded as follows:
The spea/er's tone in the last sentence of the passa"e can best be
described as which of the followin"#
(a) hateful
(b) satirical
(c) pretentious
(d) resentful
(e) arro"ant
-lso* In lines 1+011* the spea/er's attitude toward Hortense can best
be described as23 The spea/er's feelings about the disaster are
su""ested by23 The spea/er' state of mind is established
predo%inantly by2
!. The %ood of lines 1410+15 of the passa"e is best described as
(a) an6ious
(b) senti%ental
(c) hu%orous
(d) suspenseful
(e) sarcastic
7. The play as a whole relies on which of the followin" contrasts
(a) /nowled"e and i"norance
(b) ele"ance and bad taste
(c) sanity and %adness
(d) ur"ency and leisure
(e) e6citability
1. &-8I,9 I,:ERE,CE;
The spea/er i%plies in the first para"raph that the narrati$e precedin"
the passa"e %ost li/ely included
(a) an altercation in the street
(b) a reunion between old friends
(c) a description of <enice
(d) a con$ersation between the shop/eeper and a police%an
(e) the receipt of a shoc/in" letter
=. ;E,TE,CE ;TR>CT>RE
Alex Ferguson
In lines 70?* the %a@or effect of usin" a series of short co%pound
sentences is to
(a) create tension in the narrati$e
(b) indicate &r. HerAo"'s state of %ind
(c) e%phasiAe the narrator's confusion
(d) prepare the reader for the tu%ultuous e$ents that follow
(e) establish a %ood of tran.uility
B. CHR-;E;
In the conte6t of the passa"e* the phrase re%ar/ably slee/ and plu%p
cler/s (line +!) is used as a %etaphor for the
(a) indifference of the bureaucracy
(b) stylishness of the downtown area
(c) frenetic acti$ity in the law office
(d) austerity of the courthouse
(e) @ud"e's obsession
-lso* Dhich of the followin" is the pri%ary %eanin" of the word Elo$e'
as it is used in line 11#3 The best paraphrase of the sentence
be"innin" in line ? is23 The spea/er characteriAes a Efarce' (line
14) as all of the followin" EFCECT23 The phrases E"lea%ed li/e an eye
below her roo%' (line !) and Erose in the distance li/e a %oon' (line
1) i%ply a contrast between23 :ro% the conte6t* the reader can infer
that Robbins (line 75) wor/s as a2
?. TER&;
In lines !70!4* the spea/er %a/es uses of all of the followin" EFCECT
(a) hyperbole
(b) e.ui$ocation
(c) dra%atic irony
(d) non se.uitur
(e) pathos
4. CH-R-CTERIG-TIO,;
<ictor criticiAes his son's perfor%ance (lines !B0!4) because he
(a) has unrealistic e6pectations
(b) hopes to %a/e a%ends for his own failure
(c) wants to co%fort 8atherine
(d) e6pects to inspire the boy to try harder
(e) suffers fro% self0doubt

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