1st Semester Exam - AP English III
Mrs. Williams
Pd. 4
Native Americans
Multiple Choice.
1. An origin myth is a traditional story that explains
a. How life ends
b. How life was created
c. How life changes
d. How life continues after death
2. The oral tradition used by Native Americans preserved
a. Their ancestors
b. Their customs
c. Their cultural ideas
d. All of the above
3. Orign stories provide both entertainment and
a. Explanations for the formation of the natural world
b. Explanations for the formation of tribes
c. Explanations for the foundations of their culture
d. Explanations for the formation of the white man
Short Answer.
Answer the following question on a separate sheet of paper in one paragraph.
4. How would you improve upon the origin story you wrote for this class?
The Crucible
Multiple Choice.
5. What was happening in the forest at the opening of the play?
a. Girls were dancing and conjuring spirits.
b. John and Abigail were talking.
c. Giles was found dead.
d. Parris was searching for the candle sticks.
6. Who saw what was happening in the forest?
a. John Proctor
b. Rev. Hale
c. Rev. Parris
d. Giles Corey
7. Why does Abigail live with Rev. Parris?
a. She was a beggar he pitied.
b. Her parents were killed and she was an orphan.
c. She was pregnant.
d. He was in love with her.
8. How does most of the town feel about Paris?
a. They think he is the best.
b. They hold him in the highest regard.
c. They admire his knack for preaching.
d. They don’t like him and think he is greedy.
9. What does Giles say his wife is doing that interrupts his prayers?
a. She sells pigs to Walcott and casts spells on them.
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b. She taunts him so he can’t pray.
c. She reads strange books.
d. She sews new pillowcases every night.
Who has a great capacity for dissembling?
a. Abigail
b. Betty
c. Ruth
d. Mary
e. Mercy
Why are the Putnams jealous of the Nurses?
a. The Nurses are best friends to the Proctors.
b. The Nurses are so much smarter and richer.
c. The Nurses have tons of money and property.
d. The Nurses have a lot of kids.
What was the setting of Act 2?
a. The Proctor’s house 8 days later.
b. The Nurses house 8 days later.
c. Rev. Parris’ house 8 days later.
d. The jailhouse 8 days later.
Which commandment does john forget?
a. Coveting his neighbor’s belongings
b. Worshipping false gods
c. Adultery
d. Keeping the Sabbath day holy
What happens to Martha Corey (thanks to Giles)?
a. She gets arrested.
b. She has another baby.
c. She kills Giles.
d. She sues Walcott for misconduct.
Why doesn’t Walcott like Martha?
a. He is secretly in love with her.
b. She reads funny books.
c. He says she cursed his pigs.
d. She sues him for misconduct.
What is found in the Proctor’s house?
a. A book of witchcraft
b. A poppet
c. A dog
d. A pig
What happens because this item was found in the Proctor home?
a. Elizabeth casts a spell on the town.
b. Elizabeth stabs herself with a needle.
c. Elizabeth runs away.
d. Elizabeth gets arrested by Cheever.
What events happen at Rev. Parris’ house that same evening?
a. Abigail runs away.
b. Abigail stabs herself with a needle.
c. Abigail curses everyone in town.
d. Abigail has a baby.
How does Hale explain everything that has been happening?
a. It’s the devil taking over.
b. He is smarter than everyone because he went to Harvard.
c. He says God told him it was Abigail’s fault.
d. He runs away.
What is the secret Mary has known all along?
a. Abigail will kill anyone who gets in her way.
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b. Elizabeth is pregnant.
c. Abigail and John ran away together.
d. Abigail and John had an affair.
We learn that in Act 3 Elizabeth’s pregnancy will
a. Allow her to live until the baby is born
b. Get her hanged even faster
c. Make her and John get a divorce
d. Cause her to be pressed to death
What is the court’s attitude toward the girls?
a. They say the girls are the voice of God.
b. They say Abigail is a prophet.
c. They say the town is doomed.
d. They say John and Elizabeth will divorce.
What does John want to prove even though Elizabeth receives a reprieve?
a. That god will seek revenge on His people.
b. That the Devil has taken his soul.
c. That he is an innocent man and Elizabeth lied.
d. That Elizabeth and the others are good people and should live.
What is the ironic event in Act 3 involving Elizabeth?
a. John ascends to heaven
b. Elizabeth lies
c. Rebecca is hanged
d. Giles is pressed
How does Abigail intimidate Mary Warren?
a. She stabs herself with a needle.
b. She repeats everything Mary says and says she sends her spirit out on her and the girls.
c. She says Mary and John had an affair.
d. She says Tituba is at fault for everything.
According to the play, what is the fate of those who lie and those who tell the truth?
a. Those who lie die and those who tell the truth live.
b. Those who lie are sent to jail for the rest of their lives and those who tell the truth are sent home to care
for their children.
c. Those who lie get to live and those who tell the truth die.
d. Those who lie are sent to God and those who tell the truth have to stay on earth.
What does Rev. Hale want the accused to do?
a. He wants then to tell the truth so they can die as saints.
b. He wants them to go to church and pray.
c. He wants them to lie so they can live.
d. He wants them to go to confession and ask for forgiveness.
What reason does Judge Danforth give for not reconsidering the death sentences for the accused?
a. He doesn’t want to look like he doesn’t know what he is doing.
b. He doesn’t want people to think he is a know-it-all.
c. He doesn’t want the town to look at him funny and call him God.
d. He doesn’t want the town to hang him.
By Act 4 what is the mood of the town?
a. Joyous
b. Fed up and leave town
c. Happy
d. Mad and wants the trials to be over
We find out in Act 4 that Abigail
a. Leaves town with her uncle’s money and Mercy Lewis
b. Leaves town with the golden candlesticks and Mercy Lewis
c. Leaves town with John and they get married
d. Leaves town with Mercy Lewis and disappears
Why does John confess?
a. So he can live
b. So he can die
c. So he can risk his reputation
d. So he can live with Abigail
32. Why does he retract his confession?
a. Because he does not have any sins of her own to worry about
b. Because he wants to hang immediately
c. Because he wants to save Giles’ life
d. Because he wants his kids to have a good name
Matching.
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Abigail’s bff and muscle
Minister of Salem, greedy, uncle to Abigail
Slave to Rev. Parris, from Barbados, the first to be accused
Niece to Rev. Parris, pretty but vicious
Richest man in town, wants everyone’s property
Judge, will not let anyone go against his authority
Farmer, hates Rev. Parris, had an affair, loves his wife
Can never tell a lie
One of the oldest men in town, pressed to death
Minister from Beverly, ends up recanting the trails
Wise old woman, has 11kids and 36 grandkids
Has one kid, loathes Rebecca
Informer, claims she is an official of the court
A. Rev. Hale
B. Ann Putnam
C. Mary Warren
D. Tituba
E. Mercy Lewis
AB. Rev. Parris
AC. Abigail Williams
AD. John Proctor
AE. Giles Corey
BC. Thomas Putnam
BD. Rebecca Nurse
BE. Elizabeth Proctor
ABC. Danforth
Symbolism.
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Parris’ materialism
unrest in the village
voice of reason
loss of freedom
unassailable authority
plaything given evil connotation
goodness and godliness
theocratic leader
forbidden pleasure
evil and trickery
A. Danforth
B. chains
C. Abigail Williams
D. dagger
E. Rebecca Nurse
AB. Parris
AC. Golden candlesticks
AD. poppet
AE. Proctor
ABC. dancing
Short Answer.
Answer the following questions in well thought out paragraphs, using academic language, on a separate sheet of paper.
56. In one paragraph explain who gained the most from “passing through the fire”, if a crucible is a test or trial which
rids one of impurities?
57. Should John Proctor have confessed? Explain your answer in 2-3 sentences.
58. What is the relationship between the play and the Senator McCarthy hearings? Explain in 1-2 complex sentences.
59. Explain in one paragraph how we can translate this play to our lives.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Context Clues.
Read the sentences below. Using context clues and a dictionary to guide you, write the correct word in the corresponding
box on your answer sheet.
60. Is there a (constitution, contrivance) that can help one avoid eternal damnation? According to Edwards, no such
human plan exists.
61. Edwards attempts to (induce, appease) his congregation to follow his advice by using his power of persuasion.
62. An individual may take care of her or his (constitution, contrivance), but, Edwards asserts, attention to one’s
physical condition will not keep one out of hell.
63. Edwards evidently (appeases, abhors) “sinners”. His fiery words communicate this hatred.
64. Edwards believes that God is an (inconceivable, omnipotent), or all-powerful, being who can bring catastrophe at
any time.
65. According to Edwards, God can be (induced, provoked) by anyone. An angry God has prepared eternal
punishment for all.
66. The ways of humans, says Edwards, are mostly (abominable, inconceivable) to God, who is displeased by our
loathsome behavior.
67. Is it (inconceivable, omnipotent) for people to find salvation outside the Puritan church? To Edwards, such a
concept is unimaginable.
68. According to Edwards, one cannot simply (induce, appease) God with good works or other calming actions.
69. Edwards (ascribed, provoked) God’s wrath to people reluctant to accept Christ as their Savior, who are an affront
to God.
Speech to the Virginia Convention.
Multiple Choice.
70. To what two classical pieces of writing does Patrick Henry allude to in his speech?
a. The Bible and Homer’s Iliad
b. The Bible and Aristotle’s Rules of Tragedy
c. The Bible and Homer’s Odyssey
d. The Bible and Shakespeare’s Antigone
71. Why does Patrick Henry use rhetorical questioning?
a. To make the listener feel unimportant and unintelligent.
b. To make the listener feel as if the speaker’s opinions are an inevitable conclusion and to stir emotion.
c. To make the listener feel as if the speaker’s opinions are ridiculous and to bore them.
d. To make the listener feel as if the speaker’s blowing hot air and not make sense.
The Declaration of Independence
Multiple Choice.
72. What three persuasive techniques does Jefferson use?
a. Ethos, pathos, logos
b. Ego, the ID, logistics
c. Lots of big words
d. Are we done yet?
73. To whom are the members of the congress addressing their arguments?
a. King James I
b. King Henry VII
c. King George III
d. King Charles I
74. What other repetitive technique does Jefferson use to get his point across?
a. Alliteration
b. Allusion
c. Parallelism
d. Paragraphs
The Yellow Wallpaper
Explain in a well thought out answers, in at least one paragraph, 3 of the following 5 quotes.
75. If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing
the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do? . . .
So I take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am
absolutely forbidden to “work” until I am well again.
Personally, I disagree with their ideas . . .
78. I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the
very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. So I will let it
alone and talk about the house.
81. There are things in that paper which nobody knows but me, or ever will.
Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.
It is always the same shape, only very numerous.
And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don’t like it a bit. I wonder—I
begin to think—I wish John would take me away from here!
84. Life is very much more exciting now than it used to be.
87. I don’t like to look out of the windows even—there are so many of those creeping women, and they creep so fast.
I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper as I did?
Vocabulary.
Matching
88. extraneous
89. astute
90. vigor
91. castigate
92. contrite
93. compunction
94. obsequious
95. deleterious
96. irrelevant
97. diversity
98. acquiesce
99. espouse
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unanimity
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cryptic
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discord
a. Synonyms: antagonism, conflict
b. Synonyms: ambiguous, enigmatic, obscure
c. Synonyms: agreement, unison
d. Synonyms: advocate, champion
e. Synonyms: accede, agree
f. Synonyms: variety, difference
g. Synonyms: unrelated, immaterial
h. Synonyms: unhealthy, harmful
i. Synonyms: submissive, respectful
j. Synonyms: shame, remorse, guilt
k. Synonyms: repentant, sorry, humbled
l. Synonyms: rebuke, reprimand, chastise
m. Synonyms: power, strength
n. Synonyms: perceptive
o. Synonyms: nonessential, irrelevant
2006 AP English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions
Question 103
(Suggested time – 40 minutes)
From talk radio to television shows, from popular magazines to Web blogs, ordinary citizens, political figures,
and entertainers express their opinions on a wide range of topics. Are these opinions worthwhile? Does
expression of such opinion foster democratic values?
On a separate sheet of paper, write a well thought out essay in which you take a position on the value of such
public statements of opinion, supporting your view with appropriate evidence.