AP Lit Multiple Choice Questions

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The second quotation/passage/speech/etc. repeats the argument of the first that ….
Which of the following does [insert character, author] explicitly endorse?
In the passage, [insert character, author] ridicules which of the following: ….
The central opposition in the poem/passage is between ….
Which of the following is a subject treated in the poem/passage?
Which of the following best paraphrases lines [insert numbers, perhaps passage as well]?
Which of the following contrasts are integral to the poem/passage?
The title suggests which of the following?
Lines [insert line numbers] chiefly serve to show which of the following?
In lines [insert line numbers], [insert quotation] is best interpreted to mean that
By comparing [insert two things compared], the narrator invites a further comparison between ….
The excerpt is chiefly concerned with a ….

Which of the following is the primary meaning of the word [insert word] as it is used in this passage?
From the context, the reader can infer that [insert word or phrase] is ….
In line [insert number], [insert word or phrase] [most probably] refers to ….
In line [insert number], [insert word or phrase] is best understood to mean ….
In the simile in line [insert number], [insert word] is used to stand for ….

The character’s view of [insert something] might be best described as ….
The speaker views [insert what he/she views] as ….
For the speaker/author/narrator, [insert two things] have which of the following in common ….
One effect of [insert word or phrase, with line number] is to emphasize the speaker’s feeling of ….
The sentiments expressed in the poem are closest to those expressed in which of the following quotations from other poets?
Which of the following adjectives best describes [insert character]’s speech?
Line(s) [insert line number(s)] suggest(s) which of the following?
Line(s) [insert number(s)] most strongly convey(s) the speaker’s ….
What does the speaker convey in lines [insert numbers]?
[Insert detail from the passage] allows the speaker to experience which of the following?

The words/sentence/lines are surprising [or replace with other response] because ….
The primary rhetorical function of the sentence [insert sentence, line numbers] is to...
The comedy of the passage drives chiefly from ….
Throughout the passage, [insert character] is addressing ….
[Insert character]’s comment [insert comment and line numbers] does which of the following?
The poem/passage is best described as ….
[Insert character] says [insert something he/she says, with line numbers] most probably as..
The chief effect of the imagery and figures of speech in lines [insert line numbers] is to...

In line(s) [insert number(s)], the speaker makes use of which of the following ….
The most/least conventional, least/most idiosyncratic aspect of the poem is its ….
Lines [insert numbers] are based on which of the following?
Which of the following is used most extensively in the passage?
Line(s) [insert number(s)] present(s) an example of ….

The character probably says [insert quotation] in line(s) [insert number(s)] because ….
From the passage, we can infer [insert words, if needed] which of the following?
The images in lines [insert line numbers] suggest that ….
At the end of the excerpt, [insert character] probably believes that ….

The speaker perceives [insert what the speaker perceives] chiefly in terms of ….
The imagery of the poem is characterized by ….

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