AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the following excerpt from an original one-act drama.
[Kitchen, late evening. A single lamp. A suitcase stands upright by the door.]
MARA: You left it where I could trip.
JON: I left it where you would see it.
MARA: I see plenty.
[Silence. JON picks up a spoon, taps it once against a mug, then sets it down.]
JON: Your father called.
MARA: (too quickly) And?
JON: He asked if you'd "come to your senses."
MARA: He always asks for things he can't afford.
[Doorbell. Neither moves.]
JON: It's him.
MARA: It's the neighbors. It's the wind. It's anything but him.
[Doorbell again. JON crosses to the door, stops with his hand on the knob.]
JON: If I open it, will you stay?
MARA: If you open it, you'll finally do something without asking me.
[He opens the door. No one is there. A cold draft. JON looks out, then closes it slowly.]
JON: (quiet) Wrong again.
MARA: (after a beat) Or right.
Which best describes the function of the excerpt's structure—especially the repeated doorbell cues and the anticlimactic opening of the door—in developing meaning?
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