AP MC Practice - Isis in Darkness

The fifth paragraph ("There . . . cribbing from") indicates that Richard has

imagined an array of stories about Selena

The diction in the second through fourth sentences of the sixth paragraph ("old pre-Depression . . . offered him") primarily helps to reveal Richard's

entrenched disdain for his past

The distinction made in the fourth sentence of the second paragraph between "garments" and "clothes" is best described as the

unusual versus the ordinary

In the context of the passage as a whole, the tone of the question in the first sentence ("How . . . here") is best described as

contemplative

The information about Selena's name in the first and second sentences of the ninth paragraph ("Selena . . . identity") suggests that Selena is most likely

bold and purposeful

The second and third sentences of the second paragraph ("Sometimes . . . torches") are characterized by the use of

visual imagery

The primary significance in the passage of the name "Marjorie" in the third sentence of the ninth paragraph ("Selena . . . forget it") is that it

mars the perfection of an image that Richard has created

The fifth paragraph ("There . . . cribbing from") marks a transition in the passage from the

fanciful to the real