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In this AP Language and Composition drill question, read the provided passage and infer information based upon footnote two.
Transcript
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[ musical flourish ]
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Full Transcript
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All right, check out the following passage.
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How many times have we read this? Like 1800 times.
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We're scrolling...
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[ mumbles ]
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Are you incredibly bored reading this?
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No, you're fascinated by the debauchery.
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[ mumbles ]
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All right, well you really wanted to read it again. Go ahead.
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Hurt yourself.
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We can't stop you.
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[ mumbles ]
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And a whole bunch of footnotes.
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Footnotes, footnotes, footnotes.
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Brought to you by Dr. Scholl's.
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Okay, you're done.
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It can be assumed from footnote two that... what?
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And here are the potential answers. [multiple choice answers appear on screen]
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[ mumbles ]
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Okay, and we're done.
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So this question is directing us right to footnote two,
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so let's just go there.
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All right, so let's see.
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So this Varney guy told some fella named Hyde that
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he followed the king because honour
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- spelled with a U, those silly Brits -
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obliged him. But the object of the war was
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against his conscience.
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In other words, his heart wasn't totally into the war,
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but it was his king after all.
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So he kinda had to get in there and
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mix it up anyway. [Varney holding weapon goes to war]
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Then we've got this Lord Spencer writing to his lady.
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Well, "If there could be an expedient found to salve
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the punctilio of honour, I would not continue here an hour."
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All right, well, we're not sure what "punctilio" is,
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but it's probably some form of pasta.
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Sarcasm.
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Anyway, the gist of it is that if Spencer could
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find a way to get around the whole honour thing, [Spencer writing]
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well, he'd be out of there in a New York minute.
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So Varney and Spencer seem to be on the same page, at least.
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Neither is gung-ho about the war, but they're both gonna
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follow the king in spite of their personal feelings because, [Varney and Spener holding weapons go to war]
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well, they're honorable. Stupid honor.
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Huh. All right, well, looking over our answer choices,
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there's no mention of memoirs or religion, so
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B and E are out. We've decided they're coming from the same
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place, so it can't be C. And there's no evidence to support
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D, so that's a no-go, as well.
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So it looks like we're stuck with A -
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Sir Varney and Lord Spencer both enlisted to fight on behalf of the king.
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And, sure enough, that was pretty much our conclusion.
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So answer A it is.
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Or, as the British would probably spell it, "A - U."
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Au.
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