AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the excerpt from an original drama and answer the question.
[An art studio classroom after hours. Canvases lean against the walls. A sink drips steadily.]
MR. HOLT (teacher): The portfolio is strong, Iris.
IRIS (scrubbing paint from her hands): Strong isn't enough.
MR. HOLT: It got you an interview.
IRIS: An interview isn't acceptance.
MR. HOLT (gestures to a canvas): This one—look at the light you caught.
IRIS (doesn't look): Light is easy. It's shadow that tells the truth.
MR. HOLT: You've been working late every night.
IRIS: Better than going home.
MR. HOLT (carefully): Your mother still calling?
IRIS (a beat): She leaves voicemails that start with "I'm proud," and end with "but."
MR. HOLT: That "but" is her problem.
IRIS: It's my inheritance.
MR. HOLT: You're allowed to want things.
IRIS (finally looks at the canvas, then away): Wanting is how you get disappointed.
MR. HOLT: No. Wanting is how you get moving.
IRIS (voice tight): Moving where? Into another room where someone says I'm almost good?
MR. HOLT: Who taught you "almost" is a verdict?
IRIS (turns off the faucet; the dripping continues from the sink): My house.
Question: Which choice best supports the claim that Iris has internalized a pattern of conditional approval that fuels her perfectionism?
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