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AP English Literature and Composition 1.3 Passage Drill 1. In the context of the passage, what does the word "compass" in line 15 mean?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 1. To what idea does the phrase "my opinion" in line 49 refer?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.10 Passage Drill 1. The speaker's diction in this passage serves to characterize him as which of the f...

AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 2. What is the grammatical referent of the word "it" in the phrase "that it should hav...

AP English Literature and Composition 1.9 Passage Drill 2. What does the word "want" mean in the context of line 20?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 3. The term "picayune" is best understood as what?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.9 Passage Drill 3. What can be inferred from the frequent use of the dash in this passage?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 4. The word "overwrought" in line 42 acts as which of the following?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 6. Which of the following most closely matches the speaker's feelings about aging?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 7. What is the function of the parenthetical phrase in lines 42 through 43?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 5. Death is primarily characterized as what?