AP English Language and Composition Practice Test Set 1

The main idea of the passage is best summarized by which of the following?

According to the passage, throughout his career Pasteur had to fight against all of the following EXCEPT:

The second paragraph relies on which of the following organizational strategies?

In context, “virulence” (line 18) most nearly means

The statistical results of Pasteur’s experimentation are included in paragraph 2 in order to

What is the organizational function of paragraph 3?

The authors of the passage respond to “the general argument of the anti-vaccinationists” (line 40) with what type of rhetoric in paragraph 3?

I. Pathos

II. Ethos

III. Logos

In the phrase “the rural French atmosphere of careful thrift and minute economies” (lines 74–75), the word “minute” most nearly means

Based on their interpretation of Pasteur’s upbringing, what inference can you draw about the writers’ attitude towards Pasteur’s origins?

The following phrases: “as we might almost diagrammatically sum it up . . . passes in an ever-widening spiral from his rural centre upward . . . and on each radius on which he paused . . .” can best be described as

Pasteur’s legacy includes all of the following EXCEPT:

The primary mode of composition of the final paragraph is

Based on the passage, Pasteur could be described as all of the following EXCEPT: