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AP English Language and Composition: Comprehension Drill 1, Problem 10. The metaphor used in lines 62 and 63 is best interpreted to mean which of the following?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by a bull in a china shop,

00:07

a saying recently criticized

00:09

by the Bovine Anti-Defamation League. [bull breaks fine china]

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All right, let's go. In context,

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the metaphor used in lines 62 and 63 is

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best interpreted to mean which of the following?

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And here are the potential answers. [multiple choice answers on screen]

00:31

[ mumbles ]

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Even if we haven't heard our grandma use this

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old school saying, we pick up what this passage is

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putting down through context clues.

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When the speaker mentions barbarians chucking Rembrandts

00:50

into trash cans, we get the picture that we're talking about some

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crude dudes with no appreciation for art. [ burp ]

00:56

Choice B claims that these art-hating hooligans

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came from outside Europe. [map of Europe with barbarians on ships]

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However, the speaker specifically says that the barbarians

01:04

inherited the art, meaning

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they were Europeans themselves. [barbarian lounges on couch with art on walls]

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C also claims that these foolish barbarians were foreigners,

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this time from the East. It's trying to fool us, [map of Europe with barbarians driving in from east]

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because the metaphor refers to a "china shop."

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Well, we already know that the barbarians were European.

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Answer D gets the award for being most out of left field.

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What on earth would a bull destroying things

01:25

in a china shop have to do with people being too busy

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working to care about art?

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Answer? Zilch. E is kinda in the right ballpark.

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The barbarians definitely didn't appreciate art,

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but chances are their lack of appreciation [artwork on fire in trash can]

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isn't the thing that literally provoked their rampage.

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Choice A hits the nail on the head.

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Really, the metaphor is simple.

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Bull destroying a china shop equals

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barbarians destroying art.

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[ moo ]

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