AP Literature Review

Which of the following best represents

the structural divisions of the poem?

• Lines 1–4; 5–8; 9–12; 13–14

• Lines 1–7; 8–10; 11–13; 14

• Lines 1–7; 8–91; 2; 91;2–14

• Lines 1–8; 9–11; 12–14

• Lines 1–9; 10–13; 14

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The “we” (“us”) of the poem refers to

• literary critics

• misers

• readers of poetry

• the Muses

• English poets

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The metaphor used in the first line of

the poem compares English to

• carefully guarded treasure

• Andromeda

• a bound creature

• a necklace

• a sonnet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In lines 2–3, the poem compares the

sonnet to Andromeda because

I. both are beautiful

II. neither is free

III. both are inventions of classical

Greece

• III only

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II, and III

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The main verb of the first

grammatically complete sentence

of the poem is

• “must be” (line 1)

• “be chained” (line 1)

• “Fettered” (line 3)

• “let . . . find” (line 4)

• “must be” (line 4)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The phrase “naked foot of poesy” in

line 6 is an example of which of the

following technical devices?

• simile

• personification

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9