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UNIT 7 PROGRESS CHEC K: MCQ
AP LANG UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORREC T
ANSWERS
Question :The poem as a whole is best described as a
Correct answer:dramatic retelling of a mythological story
that resonates with the speaker's experience
Question :The speaker's description of the reed's pith as
being "like the heart of a man" (line 21) serves in part to emphasize
Correct answer:Pan's casual cruelty
Question :The speaker's series of exclamations in lines
31-33 ("Sweet . . . Pan") interrupt the pace of the narrative in order to
Correct answer:dramatize the overwhelming beauty that
is revealed as Pan begins to play
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Question :In lines 34-36 ("The sun . . . river"), the
changes that occur in the setting surrounding the river most clearly serve to establish the
Correct answer:hypnotic beauty of Pan's music in
comparison to his earlier activities
Question :The description of Pan as "half a beast" in lines
37-38 ("Yet half . . . river") emphasizes that
Correct answer:although Pan has the ability to create
beautiful music, he still remains a callous and destructive force
Question :In the context of the final stanza, the scene of
the "reeds in the river" (line 42) most clearly symbolizes
Correct answer:an ordinary existence as a nonpoet
Question :The speaker's evolving description of the reed
throughout the poem ultimately serves to emphasize a claim about the
Correct answer:heavy emotional toll that artistic creation
takes on poets
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Question :The pacing of the narrative is set by the fact
that the events it describes are
Correct answer:John's internal reactions to a series of
people and things in the order he encounters them
Question :In the second sentence of the final paragraph,
the description of how John saw his family "like figures on a screen" most clearly emphasizes his
Correct answer:feeling of detachment from them
Question :In the middle of the final paragraph, the details
in the description of the kitchen ("The room was narrow .. . windows to dry") most clearly emphasize
Correct answer:the family's constant but futile efforts to
keep their home and its contents clean
Question :By describing the windows as gleaming "like
beaten gold or silver" in the middle of the final paragraph, the narrator emphasizes both the physical appearance of the light shining through the windows and the
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Correct answer:value of the family's diligent
housekeeping despite the ever-present dust
Question :The epiphany that John has toward the end of
the final paragraph (". . . for was it not he, in his false pride and his evil imagination, who was filthy?") is a moment in which
Correct answer:his judgment of himself as well as of
others leads him to feel intense guilt
Question :Toward the end of the final paragraph, the
narrator's description of how "the room shifted" most clearly serves to convey how
Correct answer:John's overpowering emotions evoke a
different perspective on his mother
Question :Toward the end of the final paragraph, what
effect does the description of the photograph ("Her face . .. hate her") have on the pacing of the narrative?