AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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In the following excerpt from an original drama, consider how the playwright's pacing shapes what the audience notices first and last:
A narrow hallway outside an apartment. A flickering motion-sensor light. Two doors: 3A and 3B. MEI stands at 3A with a grocery bag. ORREN leans against 3B, arms crossed.
ORREN: You've been avoiding me.
MEI: I've been living.
She fumbles for her keys.
(The motion-sensor light clicks off. The hallway dims; their faces disappear.)
MEI (in the dark): Don't start.
ORREN: I didn't start it. You did.
A pause. The groceries rustle.
(MEI drops her keys. They clatter and skitter, stopping near ORREN's shoes.)
ORREN: Look at that.
MEI: Don't touch them.
(ORREN nudges the keys with his toe—just enough to make them jingle.)
MEI: Stop.
(The light clicks back on. ORREN is holding an envelope that was not in his hands before.)
MEI: Where did you get that?
ORREN: From your mailbox. From your life.
Which best explains the function of the bolded sequence in the scene?
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