AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
20 questions · no time limit
0:00
LONGER FICTION OR DRAMA
Question 1 of 20
No time limit
Current
Answered
Flagged
Not seen
Read the following excerpt from an original drama. Talia, a public defender, meets her client Jace in a holding room just before arraignment.
TALIA: The judge will ask if you understand the charges.
JACE: I understand I'm hungry.
TALIA: Focus. You can plead not guilty.
JACE: Like that changes what they already decided.
TALIA: It changes what we can fight.
JACE: "We."
TALIA: Yes. We.
JACE: You say that like you mean it.
TALIA: I do.
JACE: Then why'd you come in here with that face.
TALIA: What face.
JACE: The one that says, "I've seen this before."
TALIA: I have.
JACE: And what happens.
TALIA: Sometimes we win.
JACE: Sometimes.
TALIA: Sometimes we lose.
JACE: There it is.
TALIA: I'm not going to lie to you.
JACE: You don't have to. Everybody else lies enough.
TALIA: Tell me what happened at the store.
JACE: I took the bread.
TALIA: Why.
JACE: Because my sister's kid cries when he's hungry.
TALIA: Did you threaten the clerk.
JACE: I said, "Move."
TALIA: Did you have a weapon.
JACE: I had my hands.
TALIA: Jace.
JACE: I didn't hit him.
TALIA: That matters.
JACE: Not to them.
TALIA: It matters to me.
JACE: Why.
TALIA: Because I can't argue for you if you won't let the truth be complicated.
JACE: Complicated is for people with time.
TALIA: You have time right now.
JACE: (looks at her) You really think I'm worth the work.
TALIA: I wouldn't be here if I didn't.
JACE: Then I'll try.
In context, what is the primary function of Jace's shift ("You really think I'm worth the work" to "Then I'll try")?
YOUR PROGRESS
20
QUESTIONS
Ready when you are
Answer in any order. Your progress shows here as you go.
QUESTIONS
KEYBOARD
Pick an answer ABCD
Next question ↵→
Previous ←
Flag for review F
Answers save as you go · flagged questions come back at the end