Why We Oppose Pockets for Women



AP English Language and CompositionHumor Unit TestSpring 2016Form: -76200-349885Hogs#_____ ***DO NOT MARK ON THIS TEST! IT IS PART OF A CLASS SET!***AP AP English Language and CompositionHumor Unit TestSpring 2016Form: Hogs-361950409575Humor Terms Identification: Match each example below with the correct type of humor from the box on the right. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.PunParody MalapropismInnuendo Black Humor AB. AbsurdismAC. SatireAD. SarcasmAE. CaricatureBC. Double Entendre CD. SlapstickLocal High School Dropouts Cut in Half [Actual newspaper headline]Well, I only know the general idea behind chaos theory, but if you ask Stephen Hawking, he can tell you all of the perpendiculars.Shrek: (looking up at Lord Farquaad’s enormous castle) You think maybe he’s compensating for something?When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.Multiple Choice: Choose the best of the answer options provided for each question. Make sure you read all of the options before making your final decision. Unless you are specifically told to mark all that apply, you should choose only one answer for each question.The humor in Lederer’s “English is a Crazy Language” comes primarily froma. ironyc. satire e. innuendob. sarcasmd. parody Lederer’s purpose in “English is a Crazy Language” is primarily toa. entertainc. make fun of English speakersb. to point out a problem with the English language d. encourage people to start speaking differentlye. compare English to more predictable languagesLederer opens his article a. with a personal anecdote d. by describing how widely spoken a b. with an oxymoron-based pun about languagec. by appealing to the reader’s emotionslanguage English is e. with ice-breaking jokes that do not offend the audience as much as the later ones.Lee, the author of the letter to the Honorable Ed Foreman, is actually most concerned abouta. Foreman’s advice for successfully raising hogsd. how illogical the farm subsidy policy is b. how he can get money from the governmentc. how his friend is making more money than he ise. the fact that some farmers are getting paid to do nothing, which is unfair Lee’s use of statisticsa. makes him a more reliable source d. is flawed because his numbers don’t add up b. makes what seemed previously reasonable now seem unreasonable c. is meant to humiliate Foreman correctly e. prove just how expensive and unpredictable farming really isLee and Tvedten both write humorous letters, but Lee uses ______, while Tvedten ______.a. irony and avoids attacking his reader; uses sarcasm in an attempt to humiliate his reader d. situational irony to make his letter memorable; ridicules his audience with b. satire to point out a flaw; uses only lower level humor such as puns and scatological humorc. absurdism to bring an important issue to his reader’s attention; uses satire to critique the ill informed bureaucracy scathing verbal irony e. parody to soften his criticism; uses satire to attempt to correct his audience’s failings Tvedten uses all of the following types of humor in his letter EXCEPTa. punsc. satire e. sarcasm b. scatological humord. absurdism Tvedten’s letter was widely circulated on the internet, and became a kind of urban legend. Often the details were altered. Names, dates, and places were changed, although most of the letter remained the same. This phenomenon suggests thata. the letter was intended as a parody, and others parodied it in turn c. humor is not always the most effective means of making a pointb. internet users were trying to protect Tvedten from retaliation by the local Michigan government agenciesd. many people approved of Tvedten’s purpose, and likely wanted to magnify the results e. people are gullible and do not evaluate their sources Stephen Colbert’s speech a. begins with lighter jokes, and then steadily gets more critical, never letting the audience breathe easily b. is funny mainly because of the dramatic ironyd. is funny mainly because of his use of malapropisms e. alternates between “safe” jokes and scathing satire, giving the audience relief it createsc. starts to change in tone, becoming more lighthearted, with the mention of the Chinese ambassadorfrom the tension only to make even more shockingly critical remarks In Stephen Colbert’s speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Colbert criticizes which of the following [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]a. The president d. Fox Newsb. The pressc. The militarye. The press secretary Although Colbert’s humor has multiple targets, he ends up arguing mostly to ______, whom he expects to actually make some change.a. the president d. the militaryb. the pressc. the larger American publice. The press secretary ab. Fox NewsAt the end of “A Modest Proposal,” Swift mentions his own family, which for the persona of the speaker, is an attempt toa. evoke sympathy in his audience c. make himself seem like a hypocrite b. assure his audience that he will not be able to profit from his own scheme d. make the audience ponder how much they love their own wives and children Which of the following ideas mentioned in “A Modest Proposal” does Swift (the real Swift) actually advocate?a. a decrease in the population of Catholics c. taking the advice of the Americansb. separating infectious people from the general populationd. encouraging people to only buy domestically produced goodse. restricting who can have childrenAt one point, Swift writes, “It is true, a child just dropped from its dam may be supported by her milk for a solar year.” This phrasinga. as at other points in the proposal, is dehumanizing, and suggests that the poor are livestock, no different from horses or cattlec. ought to shock the reader and make him question his own view of the poor d. all of the aboveb. lines up with his other criticisms of poor women, and suggests that they are abusive to their children, and cannot be trusted to raise them properlyab. both A and Bbc. both B and Cac. both A and CSwift’s use of statistics in “A Modest Proposal” is most similar to that ofa. Tvedten in his letter to Price d. Swift in “Meditation upon a Broomstick”b. Lee in his letter to Ed Foreman c. Lederer in “English is a Crazy Langauge”e. The Onion’s in the mock press release on Magnsoles“Meditation upon a Broomstick” resembles Boyle’s “Reflection” in all of the following ways EXCEPTa. long, complex sentence structured. degradation of women b. authoritative and dramatic tonec. its somewhat strained and dubious analogye. its structure of description followed by analogy Compared to The Onion’s mock press release about Magnasoles, which should be classified as ______, “Meditation upon a Broomstick” represents ______ level of humor, as it is ______.a. a parody; a higher; a satirec. a satire; the same; a satireb. a satire; a lower; a parodyd. a parody; the same; a parodyWhich of the following employs black humor?a. “A Modest Proposal”c. Tvedten’s letter to Priceb. Boyle’s “Reflection”d. “Letter to the Honorable Ed Foreman”e. “English is a Crazy Language”Of the following, which use irony, but specifically in the service of satire? [MARK ALL THAT APPLY]a. The White House Correspondents Dinner Speechc. “English is a Crazy Language”b. “Meditation upon a Broomstick”d. “Letter to the Honorable Ed Foreman”e. Boyle’s “Reflection”Which of the following does NOT use imitation as a rhetorical strategy?a. Lederer d. Swift in “Meditation upon a Broomstick”b. Tvedtenc. The Onion in the Magnasoles articlee. ColbertWhich of the following titles is ironic?a. “A Modest Proposal”c. “Letter to the Honorable Ed Foreman”b. Boyle’s “Reflection”d. “Meditation upon a Broomstick”e. “English is a Crazy Language”Which of the following authors could you argue use an ironic mask? a. Colbert, Swift in “A Modest Proposal,” Ledererc. Swift in “Meditation upon a Broomstick,” Tvedten, Ledererb. Lee, Swift in “Meditation upon a Broomstick,” The Onion writers d. Swift in “A Modest Proposal,” Colbert, Leee. Tvedten, Lee, LedererWhich of the following works uses the highest level of humor?a. “Meditation upon a Broomstick”c. Boyle’s Reflectionsb. “English is a Crazy Language”d. Colbert’s White House Correspondents Dinner Speecha. Lederer d. Swift in “Meditation upon a Broomstick”b. Tvedtenc. Leee. Swift in “A Modest Proposal”In his speech, Colbert often uses Bush’s own words against him, closely paraphrasing or directly quoting the president for the purpose of ridiculing him. This tactic is the same one used bya. Martin Luther King Jr. for paving the way for violent protests d. Police actions during the Ferguson protests, as they violated civilians’ civil rights b. modern black civil rights leaders for encouraging violence, something MLK would not have approved ofc. modern black leaders for directing their anger at other African Americans, which would have saddened MLKe. young black men today, who are prone to violence and not listening to black civil rights leadersIn the cartoon below, the cartoonist is critical of457200262890Which of the following cartoons expresses the view most similar to the cartoon above?d.34956758509057150-635a. 952522225b. 12382585725c. Alice Duer Miller wrote the following piece for the New York Tribune in 1915. At the time, there was fierce debate on the topic of women’s suffrage. Read “Why We Oppose Pockets for Women,” and then answer the questions that follow.Why We Oppose Pockets for Women1. Because pockets are not a natural right.2. Because the great majority of women do not want pockets. If they did they would have them.3. Because whenever women have had pockets they have not used them.4. Because women are required to carry enough things as it is, without the additional burden of pockets.5. Because it would make dissension between husband and wife as to whose pockets were to be filled.6. Because it would destroy man’s chivalry toward woman, if he did not have to carry all her things in his pockets.7. Because men are men, and women are women. We must not fly in the face of nature.8. Because pockets have been used by men to carry tobacco, pipes, whiskey flasks, chewing gum and compromising letters. We see no reason to suppose that women would use them more wisely.Based on this article, one could most convincingly argue that Miller is actuallya. in favor of women’s suffrage d. undecided on the issue b. against women’s suffrage c. sympathetic to those on both sides of the issuee. annoyed with the debate and of the opinion that the importance of the issue has been exaggerated In this article, Miller a. uses mainly situational irony to get her point across d. is satirizing the arguments of those who oppose women’s suffrageb. uses mainly puns and double entendre to get her point acrossc. uses parody to make the arguments of those supporting women’s suffrage look ridiculouse. is employing sarcasm to mock those who are making such a big deal out of what she sees as an unimportant issue If one considers the type of humor used and the purpose for it, one could assume that Miller’s primary audience was most likelya. supporters of women’s suffrage c. those who had not heard about the issue b. those opposed to women’s suffrage d. those who were tired of hearing about the issue 3590925133985b.Which of the following cartoonists would agree most closely with Miller’s actual stance on women’s suffrage?-80010426021530603044479290a.d.c. ................
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