User: Alejandro Quiros Darveau
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In Course: AP ENG COMPO ( 4438)
Instructor: Eileen Bobeck
Exam: 03.04 Defend, Challenge, or Qualify
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Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(3.04,MC)
Read the statement and then select the type of essay response approach it uses.
According to Stevenson, people who focus on their work too much have no "curiosity" for life.
This is absolutely true; in order to enjoy life, people must regularly practice having fun, just as
they must regularly practice thinking and working.
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Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 MC)
Read the statement and then select the essay response approach it uses.
According to Stevenson, "Success in Life" is not achieved by staying quiet and still duringdowntime. There is no doubt this is true. Life is short, and people must take advantage of
opportunities to learn new things and enjoy themselves.
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Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 MC)
Read the following student perspective and then choose your answer.
According to Campbell's article, the advent of television ushered in a new era of communication
and interest in current political events for the American public. Obviously, this has occurred.
One need look no further than the cable network channel guide to find numerous networks
devoted only to political updates, thus proving the television's impact on the heightened interest
of Americans.
Which approach is the student taking in the argument essay?
The student is defending the author's claim. The student is challenging the author's
claim. The student is qualifying the author's claim. The student's perspective is unclear.
Question 4 (Essay Worth 20 points)
(03.04 HC)
Read the following excerpt from an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and write a fullydeveloped paragraph in which you defend his claim. Your response should include a paraphrase
of the author's claim, a clear statement of your position, and specific supporting evidence from
your reading, experience, or observation. Use proper spelling and grammar.
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in
actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and
meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your
duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in
solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with
perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 MC)
Read the following excerpt from Walden by Henry Thoreau and then choose your answer.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his
dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary;
new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him;
or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will
live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws
of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty,
nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is
where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Which of the following best states the author's claim?
It is only through cautious deliberation that one will reach his or her dreams of success.
Abandoning caution in the pursuit of dreams frees people from a static life and encourages
growth. The more complicated human life becomes, the more likely one is to reach his or
her dreams. One need not work hard to reach his or her dreams; fate controls our destiny.
Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 MC)
What is the main reason for asking yourself what you agree and disagree with in a text?
It helps you prepare to defend the author's claim. It helps you prepare to challenge the
author's claim. It helps you prepare to qualify the author's claim. It helps you prepare to
establish the strengths of the text.
Question 7 (Essay Worth 10 points)
(03.04 HC)
Read the following excerpt from Walden by Henry Thoreau and write a paraphrase of his claim.
By the words "necessary of life" I mean whatever, of all that man obtains by his own exertions,
has been from the first, or from long use has become, so important to human life that few, if any,
ever attempt to do without it. To many creatures there is in this sense but one necessary of life,
Food. The necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough, be distributedunder the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel; for not till we have secured these
are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success.
Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 MC)
Read the following student perspective and then choose your answer.
Campbell claims that up-to-date information about elected officials and political events was not
accessible to the American people before the advent of television. He concludes that the
widespread distribution of televisions throughout the nation served to increase interest and
awareness in American political life. He fails to consider, however, that just because numerous
news outlets are available does not mean that Americans are interested or are actually
watching. It is more likely that they are tuned into sitcoms, cartoons, and reality shows.
Which approach is the student taking to the argument essay?
The student is defending the author's claim. The student is challenging the author's
claim. The student is qualifying the author's claim. The student's perspective is unclear.
Question 9 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 LC)
When you choose to challenge in an essay response, you provide persuasive evidence that
supports the original author's claims refutes the original author's claims balances the
original author's claims discounts the original author's claims
Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(03.04 LC)
When you disagree with an author's points, which approach are you using?Defend Challenge Qualify Quantify
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