MC Answers and Review (Short Fiction II)

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Facts about the test: The AP English Lit exam has 55 multiple-choice questions and you will be given 1 hour to complete the section. That means it should take you around 10 minutes to complete 9 questions.

A. Word choice

C. Connection between words

D. When more than once piece of punctuation is present in a sentence

✅Answer: Definition, with emphasis on punctuation 

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A. A group collaborative

B. Identifying the beginning, middle, and end

C. When perspective shifts from one character to another

✅Answer: Definition, with emphasis on point of view

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B. Dialect spoken in an area

C. Word choice

D. Categorized as off-putting

✅Answer: Emphasis on complete passages, rather than strictly word choice 

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A. Colorful language

B. Symbolism

D. Descriptive language

✅Answer: Definition, with emphasis on gradients 

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B. What a word means

C. When a word gives direction

D. The events that inspire a character

✅Answer: Definition, with emphasis on strength

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A. Laurie is unfeeling

B. Nora has been denied the opportunity to pay for new lodging

C. Their father has passed away

✅Answer: Further knowledge would have to inform the other answers 

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B. A particular moment that makes a character evil

C. A personal shortcoming

D. When a character dies to represent a point

✅Answer: Definition

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A. When a character is consumed by a singular goal

B. A story with an antihero

C. An unreliable narrator

✅Answer: Definition, disassociated from the narrator 

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A. Innocence

C. Only negative character traits

D. A sense that something negative is about to occur

✅Answer: Definition, with emphasis on the protagonist

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B. Words meant to represent something harsher

C. A character defined by religious traits

D. Knowledge meant to be kept secret

✅Answer: Definition

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A. A large collection, usually of animals

B. The feeling something is too quiet, like an echo

D. Any sounds

✅Answer: Emphasis on sound 

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A. When two events occur simultaneously

B. Two events causing a divergence

C. Two events that are entirely expected by the audience

✅Answer: Definition

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B. The events that bring about a death

C. The events which occur to derail a plan

D. When the audience suddenly realizes how a plan has unfolded

✅Answer: Specifically relating to a play 

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B. Two related characters

C. Two events connected by a shared outcome

D. An undoing of the hero

✅Answer: Definition

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A. A character trait found between two characters

B. One character used to show emphasis of another character's traits

C. A pair of similar props

✅Answer: Definition, mentioning events, or language

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