AP LANG MC Quiz 12 MASTER KEY RECYCLED

In context, "headsmen" (line 1) is best understood to mean

D) executioners

In the context of the passage, "coarse" (line 1) is best interpreted as

B) crude

All of the following are evident in lines 1-13 EXCEPT

E) citations from well-known authorities

The "master" quoted in lines 14-27 refers to

D) the ruling power of a democratic republic

The tone of lines 25-27 ("Go in peace! ... worse than death") is best described as

C) ominous

It can be inferred that the "existence" mentioned in line 26 will be characterized primarily by

B) triviality

The function of the quoted sentences (lines 13-17) is to

A) illustrate an assertion

The phrase "let us beware" (lines 28-29) helps establish the speaker as

C) concerned about potential abuses of power within democratic republics

It can be inferred that "the few" (line 31) refers most specifically to

D) dissenters

The primary function of the second paragraph is to

C) recapitulate ideas in the first paragraph and provide a transition to the third paragraph

The speaker cites La Bruyere and Moliere as evidence that writers in powerful European monarchies

C) influential writers

By "the ruling power in the United States" (lines 37-38), the speaker mean the

A) majority of voters

The use of the phrase "certain truths" (line 46) has the effect of

B) forcing the reader to infer from earlier material what the phrase means

The argument used by the speaker demonstrates the truth inherent in the paradox that

A) pain can be pleasurable