4. The subject of lines 1-4 is best described as

E. minutes of our lives elapsing

9. The verbs in lines 9-12 serve to dramatize...

D. time's absolute control over human life

6. In line 6, the word "Crawls" serves primarily to

C. evoke both a baby's movements...

1. Which of the following best describes the structure of the poem as a whole?

A. Three increasingly ominous representations of a process.

10. Line 12, "And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow," is best paraphrased as...

B. everything exists only to be destroyed

11. The end rhymes of the poem divide it formally into

C. three quatrains and a couplet

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AP All-Stars 2013 MC (1-11) "Like as the waves..."

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5. In line 5, "Nativity" refers primarily to the
D. speaker's original home
C. rising of the Sun
B. birth of Jesus
E. earliest stage of life
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4. The subject of lines 1-4 is best described as
D. memories of our youth fading
B. power of natural forces
E. minutes of our lives elapsing
A. predictability of tides
3
9. The verbs in lines 9-12 serve to dramatize...
C. the speaker's despair that his art will not endure
B. the speaker's heightened sensitivity
A. the speaker's control over his fate
D. time's absolute control over human life
4
8. In context, the phrase "transfix the flourish" is best understood to mean...
D. thwart the ambition
E. diminish the vitality
B. raise the hopes
C. satisfy the desires
5
7. The image of "crooked eclipses" (line 7) is most closely linked to which other image?
E. nature's truth
D. beauty's brow
A. the pebbelled shore
C. the main of light
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6. In line 6, the word "Crawls" serves primarily to
A. suggest both timidity of infants ...
D. exaggerate the difficulties . . .
C. evoke both a baby's movements...
B. allude to the gradual process . . .
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2. The first 12 lines of the poem primarily focus on the
E. courage to resist fate
D. relentlessness of time
B. painfulness of death
C. saving power of poetry
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3. The action of the waves in lines 1-4 is best described as
C. a reassuring monotony
B. a remorseless competition
D. a mysterious transformation
A. an inexorable procession
9
1. Which of the following best describes the structure of the poem as a whole?
E. Three different conceits about the power of an idea
A. Three increasingly ominous representations of a process.
D. A dispassionate analysis of an event
B. An extended comparison in which 2 concepts are at odds
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10. Line 12, "And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow," is best paraphrased as...
B. everything exists only to be destroyed
C. human accomplishments cannot last
D. external beauty is fleeting
A. nature both exalts and mocks human beings
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11. The end rhymes of the poem divide it formally into
B. two sestets and a couplet
D. an octave and three couplets
A. an octave and a sestet
C. three quatrains and a couplet

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