AP English Literature and Composition Practice Exam 2012 PDF

English Literature and Composition Practice Exam From the 2012 Administration This practice exam is provided by the College Board for AP Exam preparation. Exams may not be posted on school or personal websites, nor electronically redistributed for any reason. Contents Exam Instructions Stud...

English Literature and Composition Practice Exam From the 2012 Administration This practice exam is provided by the College Board for AP Exam preparation. Exams may not be posted on school or personal websites, nor electronically redistributed for any reason. Contents Exam Instructions Student Answer Sheet for the Multiple-Choice Section Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions Section II: Free-Response Questions Multiple-Choice Answer Key Free-Response Scoring Guidelines Scoring Worksheet Note: This publication shows the page numbers that appeared in the 2011−12 AP Exam Instructions book and in the actual exam. This publication was not repaginated to begin with page 1. © 2012 The College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement Program, AP, SAT and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. All other products and services may be trademarks of their respective owners. Permission to use copyrighted College Board materials may be requested online at: www.collegeboard.com/inquiry/cbpermit.html.  B Exam Instructions The following contains instructions taken from the 2011−12 AP Exam Instructions book. AP® English Literature and Composition Exam Regularly Scheduled Exam Date: Thursday morning, May 10, 2012 Late-Testing Exam Date: Friday morning, May 25, 2012 Section I: At a Glance Section I: Multiple Choice Booklet Instructions Total Time: Section I of this exam contains 55 multiple-choice questions. Fill in 1 hour only the circles for numbers 1 through 55 on your answer sheet. Number of Questions: Indicate all of your answers to the multiple-choice questions on the 55 answer sheet. No credit will be given for anything written in this exam Percent of Total Score: booklet, but you may use the booklet for notes or scratch work. After 45% you have decided which of the suggested answers is best, completely fill Writing Instrument: in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. Give only one answer Pencil required to each question. If you change an answer, be sure that the previous Dictionaries: mark is erased completely. None allowed Use your time effectively, working as quickly as you can without losing accuracy. Do not spend too much time on any one question. Go on to other questions and come back to the ones you have not answered if Section II: At a Glance you have time. It is not expected that everyone will know the answers to all of the multiple-choice questions. Total Time: Your total score on the multiple-choice section is based only on the 2 hours number of questions answered correctly. Points are not deducted for Number of Questions: incorrect answers or unanswered questions. 3 Percent of Total Score: 55% Writing Instrument: Section II: Free Response Booklet Instructions Pen with black or dark blue ink The questions for Section II are printed in this booklet. You may use Dictionaries: the pages the questions are printed on to organize your answers and None allowed for scratch work, but you must write your answers on the lined pages. Suggested Time: 40 minutes per question Section II of this exam requires answers in essay form. Each essay will Weight: be judged on its clarity and effectiveness in dealing with the assigned The questions are weighted topic and on the quality of the writing. In responding to Question 3, equally. select only a work of literary merit that will be appropriate to the question. A general rule is to use works of the same quality as those you have been reading during your AP year(s). After completing each question, you should check your essay for accuracy of punctuation, spelling, and diction; you are advised, however, not to attempt many longer corrections. Quality is far more important than quantity. Write clearly and legibly. Number each answer as the question is numbered in the exam. Begin each answer on a new page. Do not skip lines. Cross out any errors you make; crossed-out work will not be scored. Manage your time carefully. The proctor will announce the suggested time for each question, but you may proceed freely from one question to the next. You may review your responses if you finish before the end of the exam is announced. 80 © 2012 The College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org.  AP Exam Instructions What Proctors Need to Bring to This Exam Exam packets Extra No. 2 pencils with erasers Answer sheets Extra pens with black or dark blue ink AP Student Packs Lined paper 2011-12 AP Coordinator’s Manual Stapler This book — AP Exam Instructions Watch School Code and Home-School/Self- Signs for the door to the testing room Study Codes – “Exam in Progress” Pencil sharpener – “Cell phones are prohibited in the testing room” ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION SECTION I: Multiple Choice ! Do not begin the exam instructions below until you have completed the appropriate General Instructions for your group. Make sure you begin the exam at the designated time. If you are giving the regularly scheduled exam, say: It is Thursday morning, May 10, and you will be taking the AP English Literature and Composition Exam. If you are giving the alternate exam for late testing, say: It is Friday morning, May 25, and you will be taking the AP English Literature and Composition Exam. In a moment, you will open the packet that contains your exam materials. By opening this packet, you agree to all of the AP Program’s policies and procedures outlined in the 2011-12 Bulletin for AP Students and Parents. You may now remove the shrinkwrap from your exam packet and take out the Section I booklet, but do not open the booklet or the shrinkwrapped Section II materials. Put the white seals aside.... Look at page 1 of your answer sheet and locate the dark blue box near the top right-hand corner that states, “Take the AP Exam label from your Section I booklet and place the label here.”... Now look at the front cover of your exam booklet and locate the AP Exam label near the top left of the cover.... Carefully peel off the AP Exam label and place it on your answer sheet on the dark blue box that we just identified.... Now read the statements on the front cover of Section I and look up when you have finished.... 81 © 2012 The College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. English Literature and Composition Sign your name and write today’s date. Look up when you have finished.... Now print your full legal name where indicated. Are there any questions?... Turn to the back cover and read it completely. Look up when you have finished.... Are there any questions?... Section I is the multiple-choice portion of the exam. You may never discuss these specific multiple-choice questions at any time in any form with anyone, including your teacher and other students. If you disclose these questions through any means, your AP Exam score will be canceled. Are there any questions?... You must complete the answer sheet using a No. 2 pencil only. Mark all of your responses on your answer sheet, one response per question. Completely fill in the circles. If you need to erase, do so carefully and completely. No credit will be given for anything written in the exam booklet. Scratch paper is not allowed, but you may use the margins or any blank space in the exam booklet for scratch work. Are there any questions?... You have 1 hour for this section. Open your Section I booklet and begin. 12 Note Start Time here. Note Stop Time here. Check that students are 9 3 6 marking their answers in pencil on their answer sheets, and that they are not looking at their shrinkwrapped Section II booklets. After 1 hour, say: Stop working. Close your booklet and put your answer sheet on your desk, face up. Make sure you have your AP number label and an AP Exam label on page 1 of your answer sheet. I will now collect your answer sheet. Collect an answer sheet from each student. Check that each answer sheet has an AP number label and an AP Exam label. Then say: Now you must seal your exam booklet. Remove the white seals from the backing and press one on each area of your exam booklet cover marked “PLACE SEAL HERE.” Fold each seal over the back cover. When you have finished, place the booklet on your desk, face up. I will now collect your Section I booklet.... Check to be sure that each student has signed the front cover of the sealed Section I booklet. There is a 10-minute break between Sections I and II. When all Section I materials have been collected and accounted for and you are ready for the break, say: Please listen carefully to these instructions before we take a 10-minute break. Everything you placed under your chair at the beginning of the exam must stay there. Leave your shrinkwrapped Section II packet on your desk during the break. You are not allowed to consult teachers, other students, or textbooks about the exam during the break. You may not make phone calls, send text messages, check email, use a social networking site, or access any electronic or communication device. Remember, you are not allowed to 82 © 2012 The College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org.  AP Exam Instructions discuss the multiple-choice section of this exam. Failure to adhere to any of these rules could result in cancellation of your score. Are there any questions?... 12 9 6 3 You may begin your break. Testing will resume at. SECTION II: Free Response After the break, say: May I have everyone’s attention? Place your Student Pack on your desk.... You may now remove the shrinkwrap from the Section II packet, but do not open the exam booklet until you are told to do so.... Read the bulleted statements on the front cover of the exam booklet. Look ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION up when you have finished.... Now place an AP number label on the shaded box. If you don’t have any AP number labels, write your AP number in the box. Look up when you have finished.... Read the last statement.... Using your pen, print the first, middle and last initials of your legal name in the boxes and print today’s date where indicated. This constitutes your signature and your agreement to the statements on the front cover.... Turn to the back cover and read Item 1 under “Important Identification Information.” Print the first two letters of your last name and the first letter of your first name in the boxes. Look up when you have finished.... In Item 2, print your date of birth in the boxes.... In Item 3, write the school code you printed on the front of your Student Pack in the boxes.... Read Item 4.... Are there any questions?... I need to collect the Student Pack from anyone who will be taking another AP Exam. You may keep it only if you are not taking any other AP Exams this year. If you have no other AP Exams to take, place your Student Pack under your chair now.... While Student Packs are being collected, read the information on the back cover of the exam booklet. Do not open the booklet until you are told to do so. Look up when you have finished.... Collect the Student Packs. Then say: Are there any questions?... 83 © 2012 The College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. English Literature and Composition You have 2 hours to complete Section II. You are responsible for pacing yourself, and may proceed freely from one question to the next. You must write your answers in the exam booklet using a pen. Write the number of the question you are working on in the box at the top of each page in the exam booklet. If you need more paper during the exam, raise your hand. At the top of each extra piece of paper you use, be sure to write only your AP number and the number of the question you are working on. Do not write your name. Are there any questions?... You may begin. 12 Note Start Time here. Note Stop Time here. Check that students are 9 3 6 using pens to write their answers in their exam booklets. After 40 minutes, say: You are advised to go on to Question 2. After 40 minutes, say: You are advised to go on to Question 3. After 30 minutes, say: There are 10 minutes remaining. After 10 minutes, say: Stop working and close your exam booklet. Place it on your desk, face up.... If any students used extra paper for the free-response section, have those students staple the extra sheet/s to the first page corresponding to that question in their exam booklets. Then say: Remain in your seat, without talking, while the exam materials are collected.... Collect a Section II booklet from each student. Check for the following: Exam booklet front cover: The student placed an AP number label on the shaded box, and printed his or her initials and today’s date. Exam booklet back cover: The student completed the “Important Identification Information” area. When all exam materials have been collected and accounted for, return to students any electronic devices you may have collected before the start of the exam. If you are giving the regularly scheduled exam, say: You may not discuss these specific free-response questions with anyone unless they are released on the College Board website in about two days. You should receive your score report in the mail about the third week of July. If you are giving the alternate exam for late testing, say: None of the questions in this exam may ever be discussed or shared in any way at any time. You should receive your score report in the mail about the third week of July. 84 © 2012 The College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org.  AP Exam Instructions If any students completed the AP number card at the beginning of this exam, say: Please remember to take your AP number card with you. Then say: You are now dismissed. All exam materials should be put in secure storage until they are returned to the AP Program after your school’s last administration. Before storing materials, check the “School Use Only” section on page 1 of the answer sheet and: Fill in the appropriate section number circle in order to view a separate AP Instructional Planning Report (for regularly scheduled exams only) or Subject Score Roster at the class section or teacher level. See “Post-Exam Activities” in the 2011-12 AP Coordinator’s Manual. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION Check your list of students who are eligible for fee reductions and fill in the appropriate circle on their registration answer sheets. 85 © 2012 The College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  B Student Answer Sheet for the Multiple-Choice Section Use this section to capture student responses. (Note that the following answer sheet is a sample, and may differ from one used in an actual exam.)  PAGE 1 Take an AP Number label from Take the AP Exam label from your AP Student Pack and your Section I booklet and 2012 Answer Sheet place the label here. place the label here. B123456789T NAME AND EXAM AREA — COMPLETE THIS AREA AT EVERY EXAM. USE NO. 2 PENCIL ONLY To maintain the security of the exam and the validity of my AP score, I will allow no one else to see the multiple-choice questions. I will seal the E. EXAM G. ONLINE multiple-choice booklet when asked to do so, and I will not discuss these questions with anyone at any time after the completion of the D. EXAM F. MULTIPLE-CHOICE BOOKLET C. YOUR AP NUMBER START PROVIDER section. I am aware of and agree to the AP Program’s policies and procedures as outlined in the 2011-12 Bulletin for AP Students and Parents, DATE TIME SERIAL NUMBER CODE including using testing accommodations (e.g., extended time, computer, etc.) only if I have been preapproved by College Board Services for Students with Disabilities. Month AM PM S Sign your legal name as it will appear on your college applications. Date A. SIGNATURE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 B. LEGAL NAME Omit apostrophes, Jr., II. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Legal Last Name — First 15 Letters Legal First Name — First 12 Letters MI 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 11 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F H. AP EXAM I AM TAKING Print Exam Name: Print Form: Print Form Code: G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G USING THIS ANSWER SHEET H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I STUDENT INFORMATION AREA — COMPLETE THIS AREA ONLY ONCE. J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J I. DATE OF BIRTH J. SEX L. SOCIAL SECURITY M. EXPECTED DATE OF NUMBER (Optional) COLLEGE ENTRANCE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K Month Day Year Female L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Jan Male Fall 2012 M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Feb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winter/Spring 2013 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Mar 1 1 1 1 K. CURRENT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Summer 2014 GRADE O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Apr 2 2 2 2 LEVEL 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Undecided 2015 P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P May 3 3 3 3 Pre-9th 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Jun 4 4 4 9th 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 N. STUDENT SEARCH SERVICE® R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Jul 5 5 5 10th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 I want the College Board to send S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Aug 6 6 6 11th 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 information about me to colleges, universities and government scholarship T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Sep 7 7 7 12th 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 programs interested in students like me. U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Oct 8 8 8 Post-12th 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Yes No V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Nov 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W 00657-88488 UNLPDF212 Dec Q. PARENTAL EDUCATION LEVEL P. ETHNICITY/RACE Father/ Mother/ X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Male Guardian Female Guardian Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y O. WHICH LANGUAGE American Indian or Alaska Native Grade school Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z DO YOU KNOW BEST? Asian, Asian American or Some high school Pacific Islander – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – English Black or African American High school diploma or equivalent English and Mexican or Mexican American Business or trade school another language SCHOOL USE ONLY ETS USE ONLY about the same Puerto Rican Some college 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Other Hispanic, Latino or Associate or two-year degree Section Number Another language Latin American Exam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 White Bachelor’s or four-year degree Q3428/1-4 Fee Reduction Granted 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Other Some graduate or professional school Exam 762000 1 Option 1 2 Option 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Graduate or professional degree PAGE 2 R. SURVEY QUESTIONS — Answer the survey questions in the AP Student Pack. Do not put responses to exam questions in this section. 1 A B C D E F G H I 4 A B C D E F G H I 7 A B C D E F G H I 2 A B C D E F G H I 5 A B C D E F G H I 8 A B C D E F G H I 3 A B C D E F G H I 6 A B C D E F G H I 9 A B C D E F G H I S. LANGUAGE — Do not complete this section unless instructed to do so. If this answer sheet is for the French Language and Culture, German Language and Culture, Italian Language and Culture, Spanish Language, or Spanish Literature Exam, please answer the following questions. Your responses will not affect your score. 1. Have you lived or studied for one month or more in a country where the language of the 2. Do you regularly speak or hear the language at home? exam you are now taking is spoken? Yes No Yes No Indicate your answers to the exam questions in this section. If a question has only four answer options, do not mark option E. Your answer sheet will be scored by machine. Use only No. 2 pencils to mark your answers on pages 2 and 3 (one response per question). After you have determined your response, be sure to completely fill in the corresponding circle next to the number of the question you are answering. Stray marks and smudges could be read as answers, so erase carefully and completely. Any improper gridding may affect your score. Answers written in the multiple-choice booklet will not be scored. 1 A B C D E 26 A B C D E 51 A B C D E 2 A B C D E 27 A B C D E 52 A B C D E 3 A B C D E 28 A B C D E 53 A B C D E 4 A B C D E 29 A B C D E 54 A B C D E 5 A B C D E 30 A B C D E 55 A B C D E 6 A B C D E 31 A B C D E 56 A B C D E 7 A B C D E 32 A B C D E 57 A B C D E 8 A B C D E 33 A B C D E 58 A B C D E 9 A B C D E 34 A B C D E 59 A B C D E 10 A B C D E 35 A B C D E 60 A B C D E 11 A B C D E 36 A B C D E 61 A B C D E 12 A B C D E 37 A B C D E 62 A B C D E 13 A B C D E 38 A B C D E 63 A B C D E 14 A B C D E 39 A B C D E 64 A B C D E 15 A B C D E 40 A B C D E 65 A B C D E 16 A B C D E 41 A B C D E 66 A B C D E 17 A B C D E 42 A B C D E 67 A B C D E 18 A B C D E 43 A B C D E 68 A B C D E 19 A B C D E 44 A B C D E 69 A B C D E 20 A B C D E 45 A B C D E 70 A B C D E 21 A B C D E 46 A B C D E 71 A B C D E 22 A B C D E 47 A B C D E 72 A B C D E 23 A B C D E 48 A B C D E 73 A B C D E 24 A B C D E 49 A B C D E 74 A B C D E 25 A B C D E 50 A B C D E 75 A B C D E R W O R W O OTHER ETS PT02 TOTAL 48, 55, 62, USE 75, 87 ONLY PT03 PT04 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA  PAGE 3 QUESTIONS 76–120 Be sure each mark is dark and completely fills the circle. If a question has only four answer options, do not mark option E. 76 A B C D E 91 A B C D E 106 A B C D E 77 A B C D E 92 A B C D E 107 A B C D E 78 A B C D E 93 A B C D E 108 A B C D E 79 A B C D E 94 A B C D E 109 A B C D E 80 A B C D E 95 A B C D E 110 A B C D E 81 A B C D E 96 A B C D E 111 A B C D E 82 A B C D E 97 A B C D E 112 A B C D E 83 A B C D E 98 A B C D E 113 A B C D E 84 A B C D E 99 A B C D E 114 A B C D E 85 A B C D E 100 A B C D E 115 A B C D E 86 A B C D E 101 A B C D E 116 A B C D E 87 A B C D E 102 A B C D E 117 A B C D E 88 A B C D E 103 A B C D E 118 A B C D E 89 A B C D E 104 A B C D E 119 A B C D E 90 A B C D E 105 A B C D E 120 A B C D E © 2011 The College Board. College Board, AP, Student Search Service and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA  HOME ADDRESS AND SCHOOL AREA — COMPLETE THIS AREA ONLY ONCE. PAGE 4 T. YOUR MAILING ADDRESS Use the address abbreviations from your AP Student Pack. Fill in only one circle per column. Indicate a space in your address by leaving a blank box; do not grid that column. U. AREA CODE AND PHONE COUNTRY NUMBER STREET ADDRESS (include street number, street name, apartment number, etc.) CITY ZIP OR POSTAL CODE CODE A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K INTERNATIONAL PHONE L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N V. 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In their judgment, the material printed here reflects various aspects of the course of study on which this exam is based and is therefore appropriate to use to measure the skills and knowledge of this course. -3-  ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION SECTION I Time— 1 hour Directions: This section consists of selections from literary works and questions on their content, form, and style. After reading each passage or poem, choose the best answer to each question and then fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. Note: Pay particular attention to the requirements of questions that contain the words NOT, LEAST, or EXCEPT. Questions 1-14. Read the following poem carefully before you choose your answers. 1. The poem deals with all of the following Remembrance EXCEPT the Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above (A) aftermath of a terrible loss thee, (B) discipline required to address grief Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! (C) power of time to alter grief Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, (D) emotions experienced as grief abates Severed at last by Time’s all-severing wave? (E) happiness that follows after grief has passed Line 5 Now, when alone, do my thoughts no longer hover 2. The second stanza (lines 5-8) primarily serves to Over the mountains, on that northern shore, (A) dramatize the power of thoughts to sustain Resting their wings where heath and fern-leaves romantic feelings in the speaker cover (B) indicate how loneliness causes the speaker to Thy noble heart for ever, ever more? dwell on the past (C) ponder the current connection between the Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers, speaker and the loved one 10 From those brown hills, have melted into spring: (D) communicate the speaker’s ongoing devotion Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers to a treasured childhood memory After such years of change and suffering! (E) compare the loved one to a bird that has Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, departed for northern latitudes While the world’s tide is bearing me along; 15 Other desires and other hopes beset me, 3. Which best describes the speaker’s implication in Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong! lines 11-12 ? (A) Only someone remarkably devoted can retain No later light has lightened up my heaven, the memory of an absent loved one over No second morn has ever shone for me; time. All my life’s bliss from thy dear life was given, (B) Only people who embrace a higher faith can 20 All my life’s bliss is in the grave with thee. successfully live with their grief. (C) Pain strengthens the soul so that the sufferer But, when the days of golden dreams had perished, can move forward. And even Despair was powerless to destroy; (D) The bereaved must choose to forget the past Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, in order to bear their losses. Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy. (E) People who dwell on the past are usually 25 Then did I check the tears of useless passion— unable to move beyond their personal Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine; losses. Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine. And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, 30 Dare not indulge in memory’s rapturous pain; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again? (1846) Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -4- 4. In the fourth stanza (lines 13-16), the speaker’s 10. Which is the best paraphrase of line 26 ? explanation is best described as one of (A) Trained myself not to miss you (A) sarcasm and self-mockery (B) Taught myself to forgive you (B) rationalization and apology (C) Freed myself from suffering (C) exaggeration and deception (D) Wished that I could help you (D) equivocation and defensiveness (E) Prayed that I could be free of you (E) moralizing and invective 11. The speaker’s “burning wish” (line 27) is for a 5. In context, “but cannot do thee wrong” (line 16) (A) visit to the loved one’s grave is best understood to express the speaker’s (B) glimpse of the loved one’s feelings (A) certainty that the loved one will forgive any (C) second chance at love transgressions (D) reunion in death (B) concern that an act of betrayal would be (E) respite from fear morally wrong (C) hope that the temptations of the world will 12. The pronoun “it” (line 29) refers to the speaker’s not cause unfaithfulness (A) “Despair” (line 22) (D) belief that no future love will supplant the (B) “passion” (line 25) former one (C) “soul” (line 26) (E) fear that the loved one is beyond caring about (D) “wish” (line 27) their relationship (E) “tomb” (line 28) 6. In line 17, “later light” most likely refers to a 13. The concept of “divinest anguish” (line 31) is (A) new love most like that of (B) rekindled hope (A) “dear life” (line 19) (C) flash of awareness (B) “golden dreams” (line 21) (D) second thought (C) “useless passion” (line 25) (E) spiritual awakening (D) “burning wish” (line 27) (E) “rapturous pain” (line 30) 7. The fifth stanza (lines 17-20) makes use of all of the following EXCEPT 14. Which of the following best describes a central (A) metaphor paradox of the poem? (B) repetition (A) The speaker, attempting to grow closer to a (C) synecdoche lost love, becomes even more distant from (D) consonance the loved one. (E) parallelism (B) The speaker, in the act of remembering a childhood love, comes to an increasing 8. In context, “check” (line 25) most nearly means awareness of mortality. (A) mark (C) The speaker, in the act of mourning, is able (B) staunch to experience a newfound joy. (C) influence (D) The speaker, worrying over forgetting a (D) examine deceased lover, reveals the extent of that (E) ascertain loved one’s continuing memory. (E) The speaker, mourning the death of a loved 9. The last three stanzas (lines 21-32) are best one, begins to recognize the extent of an understood to suggest that remembering the attraction to a present acquaintance. loved one is (A) necessary but addictive (B) important but dangerous (C) unpleasant but unavoidable (D) painful but instructive (E) tempting but destructive Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -5-  Questions 15-23. Read the following passage tumbling “boils” show a dissolving bar and a carefully before you choose your answers. changing channel there; the lines and circles in the slick water over yonder are a warning that that Now when I had mastered the language of this troublesome place is shoaling up dangerously; that water and had come to know every trifling feature 50 silver streak in the shadow of the forest is the “break” that bordered the great river as familiarly as I knew from a new snag, and he has located himself in the Line the letters of the alphabet, I had made a valuable very best place he could have found to fish for 5 acquisition. But I had lost something, too. I had lost steamboats; that tall dead tree, with a single living something which could never be restored to me while branch, is not going to last long, and then how is a I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone 55 body ever going to get through this blind place at out of the majestic river! I still keep in mind a certain night without the friendly old landmark? wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steam- 10 boating was new to me. A broad expanse of the river (1883) was turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place a 15. In context, “the language of this water” (lines 1-2) long, slanting mark lay sparkling upon the water; in is best understood to mean the 15 another the surface was broken by boiling, tumbling (A) indications of change in the motion of the rings, that were as many-tinted as an opal; where the river ruddy flush was faintest, was a smooth spot that was (B) signals of approaching riverboats covered with graceful circles and radiating lines, ever (C) indicators of the fastest channels in the river so delicately traced; the shore on our left was densely (D) characteristics of life on the river 20 wooded, and the somber shadow that fell from this (E) movement of fish and fowl along the current forest was broken in one place by a long, ruffled trail that shone like silver; and high above the forest wall a 16. By learning the language of the river, the speaker clean-stemmed dead tree waved a single leafy bough gains that glowed like a flame in the unobstructed splendor 25 that was flowing from the sun. There were graceful (A) command of a riverboat, but loses the inno- curves, reflected images, woody heights, soft dis- cence of youth tances; and over the whole scene, far and near, the (B) pride in his profession, but loses a broader dissolving lights drifted steadily, enriching it, every interest in the world passing moment, with new marvels of coloring. (C) technical knowledge, but loses an 30 I stood like one bewitched. I drank it in, in a appreciation of the river’s beauty speechless rapture. The world was new to me, and I (D) awareness of the river’s dangers, but loses a had never seen anything like this at home. But as I sense of confidence have said, a day came when I began to cease from (E) assurance of his abilities, but loses respect noting the glories and the charms which the moon for the river’s might 35 and the sun and the twilight wrought upon the river’s face; another day came when I ceased altogether to note them. Then, if that sunset scene had been repeated, I should have looked upon it without rapture, and should have commented upon it, 40 inwardly, after this fashion: This sun means that we are going to have wind tomorrow; that floating log means that the river is rising, small thanks to it; that slanting mark on the water refers to a bluff reef which is going to kill somebody’s steamboat one of these 45 nights, if it keeps on stretching out like that; those Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -6- 17. The statement “A broad expanse of the river was 21. Which of the following best describes the rela- turned to blood” (lines 10-11) contains an tionship between the first paragraph and the example of second? (A) allegory (A) The first paragraph is mainly concerned with (B) personification aesthetic issues, and the second, with (C) simile pragmatic ones. (D) onomatopoeia (B) The diction is sophisticated in the first para- (E) metaphor graph and simple in the second. (C) The point of view in the first paragraph is 18. All of the following are found in the sentence mainly subjective; in the second, it is mostly in lines 10-25 (“A broad expanse... the sun”) objective. EXCEPT (D) The romantic tone of the first paragraph becomes rather arrogant in the second. (A) similes (E) A question posed in the first paragraph is (B) alliteration answered in the second. (C) an accumulation of clauses (D) regular rhythm 22. As used in lines 38 and 39, “should” is best inter- (E) an abundance of adjectives preted to mean 19. In line 20, “somber” is best interpreted to mean (A) could (B) ought to (A) serious (C) would (B) silent (D) might (C) calm (E) had to (D) dull (E) dark 23. The passage primarily suggests that 20. In the second paragraph, the natural aspects of the (A) although the speaker loves the river, he must river are viewed as leave it in order to challenge himself (B) as the speaker becomes obsessed with the (A) impressions river, he increasingly fears and mistrusts it (B) signs (C) as the speaker becomes more familiar with (C) metaphors the river, his attitude toward it becomes (D) allusions more practical (E) speculations (D) when the speaker reflects on the past, he finds himself growing nostalgic (E) because the speaker is eager to improve his navigational skills, he is willing to abandon other pleasures Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -7-  Questions 24-33. Read the following lines 26. According to the passage, why does Satan not enter carefully before you choose your answers. the garden by the gate? (A) The gate is protected by God. Now to the ascent of that steep savage hill (B) The gate is hidden by overgrown shrubbery. Satan had journeyed on, pensive and slow; (C) He is too large to fit through the gate. But further way found none; so thick entwined, (D) He is contemptuous of proper procedures. Line As one continued brake, the undergrowth (E) He fears an encounter with other creatures. 5 Of shrubs and tangling bushes had perplexed All path of man or beast that passed that way. 27. In which of the following lines does an epic simile One gate there only was, and that looked east begin? On the other side: which when the Arch-Felon saw, Due entrance he disdained, and, in contempt, (A) Line 1 10 At one slight bound high overleaped all bound (B) Line 4 Of hill or highest wall, and sheer within (C) Line 10 Lights on his feet. As when a prowling wolf, (D) Line 12 Whom hunger drives to seek new haunt for prey, (E) Line 20 Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve, 15 In hurdled cotes amid the field secure, 28. Which of the following lines contains a play on Leaps o’er the fence with ease into the fold; words? Or as a thief bent to unhoard the cash (A) Line 3 Of some rich burgher, whose substantial doors, (B) Line 6 Cross-barred and bolted fast, fear no assault, (C) Line 10 20 In at the window climbs, or o’er the tiles: (D) Line 14 So clomb this first grand Thief into God’s fold; (E) Line 20 So since into his Church lewd hirelings climb. 29. In line 15, “hurdled cotes” refers to (1667) (A) blocked paths 24. Satan’s action is best described as (B) natural obstacles (C) fenced enclosures (A) trespass (D) wool garments (B) usurpation (E) steep hills (C) betrayal (D) dream 30. In line 18, the “rich burgher” is analogous to (E) consecration (A) a wolf 25. In line 5, “perplexed” is best interpreted to mean (B) Satan (C) God (A) widened (D) a traveler (B) complicated (E) a hireling (C) questioned (D) endangered (E) discovered Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -8- 31. The subject of “fear” (line 19) is 33. The imagery in the passage suggests all of the following about Satan EXCEPT his (A) “shepherds” (line 14) (B) “flocks” (line 14) (A) pride (C) “thief” (line 17) (B) stealthiness (D) “burgher” (line 18) (C) rapaciousness (E) “doors” (line 18) (D) stupidity (E) unscrupulousness 32. Which of the following lines most probably contains a commentary on the poet’s own era? (A) Line 2 (B) Line 7 (C) Line 9 (D) Line 10 (E) Line 22 Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -9-  Questions 34-47. Read the following passage smoked the cheapest tobacco; shag; the same the old carefully before you choose your answers. men did in the quays. He worked hard—seven hours a day; his subject was now the influence of some- It flattered him; snubbed as he had been, it thing upon somebody—they were walking on and soothed him that Mrs. Ramsay should tell him this. 50 Mrs. Ramsay did not quite catch the meaning, only Charles Tansley revived... she made him feel better the words here and there... dissertation... fellow- Line pleased with himself than he had done yet, and he ship... readership... lectureship. She could not 5 would have liked, had they taken a cab, for example, follow the ugly academic jargon, that rattled itself to have paid for it. As for her little bag, might he not off so glibly, but said to herself that she saw now why carry that? No, no she said, she always carried that 55 going to the circus had knocked him off his perch, herself. She did too. Yes, he felt that in her. He felt poor little man, and why he came out, instantly, with many things, something in particular that excited all that about his father and mother and brothers and 10 him and disturbed him for reasons which he could sisters, and she would see to it that they didn’t laugh not give. He would like her to see him, gowned and at him anymore; she would tell Prue about it. What he hooded, walking in a procession. A fellowship, a 60 would have liked, she supposed, would have been to professorship, he felt capable of anything and saw say how he had gone not to the circus but to Ibsen himself—but what was she looking at? At a man with the Ramsays. He was an awful prig—oh yes, an 15 pasting a bill. The vast flapping sheet flattened itself insufferable bore. For, though they had reached the out, and each shove of the brush revealed fresh legs, town now and were in the main street, with carts hoops, horses, glistening reds and blues, beautifully 65 grinding past on the cobbles, still he went on talking, smooth, until half the wall was covered with the adver- about settlements, and teaching, and workingmen, and tisement of a circus; a hundred horsemen, twenty helping our own class, and lectures, till she gathered 20 performing seals, lions, tigers... Craning forwards, that he had got back entire self-confidence, had for she was shortsighted, she read it out... “will visit recovered from the circus, and was about (and now this town,” she read. It was terribly dangerous work 70 again she liked him warmly) to tell her—but here, the for a one-armed man, she exclaimed, to stand on top houses falling away on both sides, they came out on of a ladder like that— his left arm had been cut off in the quay, and the whole bay spread before them and 25 a reaping machine two years ago. Mrs. Ramsay could not help exclaiming, “Oh, how “Let us all go!” she cried, moving on, as if all beautiful!” For the great plateful of blue water was those riders and horses had filled her with childlike 75 before her; the hoary Lighthouse, distant, austere, in exultation and made her forget her pity. the midst; and on the right, as far as the eye could see, “Let’s go,” he said, repeating her words, clicking fading and falling, in soft low pleats, the green sand 30 them out, however, with a self-consciousness that dunes with the wild flowing grasses on them, which made her wince. “Let us go to the circus.” No. He always seemed to be running away into some moon could not feel it right. But why not? she wondered. 80 country, uninhabited of men. What was wrong with him then? She liked him warmly, at the moment. Had they not been taken, Excerpt from To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, copyright 1927 by Harcourt, Inc. and renewed 1954 by Leonard Woolf. Reprinted by 35 she asked, to circuses when they were children? permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Never, he answered, as if she asked the very thing he wanted; had been longing all these days to say, 34. It can be inferred from lines 1-6 that how they did not go to circuses. It was a large family, Charles Tansley nine brothers and sisters, and his father was a work- 40 ingman. “My father is a chemist, Mrs. Ramsay. He (A) defends his views aggressively keeps a shop.” He himself had paid his own way since (B) is a sophisticated man of the world he was thirteen. Often he went without a great coat in (C) is vain about his physical appearance winter. He could never “return hospitality” (those (D) is sensitive to the way other people treat him were his parched stiff words) at college. He had to (E) is a person of rather shallow intellect 45 make things last twice the time other people did; he Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. -10- 35. Charles Tansley interprets Mrs. Ramsay’s refusal 38. Charles Tansley’s sense of the words “fellowship” to allow him to carry her “little bag” (line 6) as and “professorship” (lines 12-13) stands in ironic evidence of her contrast to (A) independent, capable nature, which he (A) his attitude toward Mrs. Ramsay admires (B) his view of himself as an academic (B) suspicious, wary character, which he deplores (C) his inability to “return hospitality” (C) gregarious personality, which he envies (line 43) (D) desire to remain aloof from him, which he (D) Mrs. Ramsay’s own intellectual accom- regrets plishments (E) conventional manners, which he deplores (E) Mrs. Ramsay’s reference to “ugly academic jargon” (line 53) 36. The sentence “She did too” (line 8) conveys which of the following? 39. The use of the dash in line 14 indicates that (A) Mrs. Ramsay’s point of view (A) Mrs. Ramsay has become infatuated with (B) Charles Tansley’s perception of Charles Tansley Mrs. Ramsay’s character (B) there has been a sudden shift in attitude on (C) A reply of Mrs. Ramsay to Charles Tansley the part of the narrator (D) A comment Charles Tansley makes to (C) the narrative point of view has shifted Mrs. Ramsay from that of Charles Tansley to that of (E) The narrator’s criticism of Charles Tansley’s Mrs. Ramsay naïveté (D) Charles Tansley is aware that Mrs. Ramsay had become critical of him 37. The passage suggests that Charles Tansley would (E) Charles Tansley realizes that Mrs. Ramsay is like Mrs. Ramsay “to see him, gowned and no longer paying complete attention to him hooded, walking in a procession” (lines 11-12) because 40. In the sentence “Never... circuses” (lines 36-38), which of Charles Tansley’s (A) he would like her to understand the conflict