Cumulative Exam 1

Question 2 • FL-1001420-AP English Language and Composition Sem 1 - Flex

Which of the following quotations best represents the thesis statement of the passage?

Answer

“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.” (paragraph 1, sentence 1)

“I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House?” (paragraph 1, sentence 2)

“Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on.” (paragraph 3, sentence 1)

“If we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending—if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained—we must fight!” (paragraph 4, sentence 3)

Explanation

The thesis is the speaker’s central claim: that the colonists must fight to preserve their freedom. Choice D states this directly with “we must fight!” The other quotations introduce the speaker’s reasoning or describe past efforts, but they do not express the main argument as clearly.

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