1987 AP Exam

Multiple Choice

1. E-C
2. E-A
3. C
4. E
5. D
6. D
7. D-E
8. A-B
9. A-E
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. B
14. E-C
15. E-A
16. A-B
17. C
18. B-E
19. D-A
20. B
21. A-E
22. E
23. D-A
24. C-A
25. E-C
26. E
27. D
28. A-C
29. E-A
30. C-B
31. E-D
32. B
33. B-D
34. A
35. E
36. D-E
37. C-B
38. D
39. C
40. C
41. C-D
42. D-A
43. C-B
44. B-E
45. A
46. B
47. B
48. C-A
49. C
50. D
51. A-C
52. B
53. D-E
54. A-B
55. E-A
56. B
57. E-C
58. D
59. B-E
60. D-B
61. A

Although I passed last year's AP English test (with a 3 which shouldn't count as passing) I did so by BSing the whole multiple choice and then doing much better on the essays which will be my course of action again. However I genuinely do want to improve on this and I will by paying more attention when I read, instead of skim the articles and try to learn more literary terms, techniques, and vocabulary, etc.

For the first passage and response to the George Eliot poem I would say what she is referring to as “Old Leisure” in the 1830s and 1840s was not dying but transforming and talk about how technology from then to now did not diminish our free time but improved it. Other things to mention would be notable works at the time, changing trends, and the decrease in the amount of time most people worked due to innovation and laws.

The second prompt I would choose Nineteen Eighty-Four (since it’s one of if not my favorite book) for Orwell’s use of language and a good plot to bring attention to the rise of totalitarian states during his lifetime. Also how the statist movements creep into our government causing corruption and a lack of justice which is sadly prominent today.