AP Lang Practice Exam Questions and Answers

2025 AP Lang Practice Exam Questions and Answers 1. 1. The author most likely assumes which of the following about his audi- ence? (A) It has had little experience of emotional pain. (B) It is interested in learning how to deal with personal problems. (C) It is overly concerned with keeping up appearances. (D) Its views are vehemently opposed to his own. (E) It is indifferent to the effect of its actions on others.: (B) It is interested in learning how to deal with personal problems. 2. 2. The author implies that the speech of "Some people" (line 5) is likely to be (A) polite and refined (B) imaginative and original (C) ill-considered and impetuous (D) frivolous and tiresome (E) awkward and inarticulate: (C) ill-considered and impetuous 3. 3. In the first paragraph, the author draws a distinction between (A) reserve and deceit (B) thinking and speaking (C) recollecting and suppressing (D) reason and emotion (E) knowledge and opinion: (B) thinking and speaking 4. 4. In the second paragraph, the author suggests that one way to lessen the suffering of others is to get them to believe that their troubles are (A) largely self-created (B) likely to be short-lived (C) not unique to them (D) not without cause (E) not likely to return: (C) not unique to them 5. 5. Which of the following are contrasted in the third paragraph? (A) Speech and distress (B) Expression and reserve (C) Exaggeration and unhappiness (D) Expression and exaggeration (E) Secrecy and salvation: (B) Expression and reserve 6. 6. In the third paragraph, the author is mainly concerned with (A) defending the verbosity of people who are experiencing personal difficul- ties (B) chastising people who exaggerate their troubles to gain sympathy from others (C) revealing the selflessness of those who conceal their own suffering from others (D) affirming the value of patience by explaining the psychological benefits of listening to others (E) urging verbal restraint by highlighting the impact of speech on the speak- er's sense of reality: (E) urging verbal restraint by highlighting the impact of speech on the speaker's sense of reality 7. 7. The author introduces the figure of the "man who imagines his wits are failing" (lines 31-32) primarily in order to (A) emphasize the importance of maintaining people's confidence in their own abilities (B) appeal for greater sensitivity to be shown to people with mental afflictions (C) lament the extent to which people's self-esteem depends on others' opin- ion of them