Unit 1 Test

Question 8 • LPA - AP English Language and Composition A - Davidson

Which of the following excerpts from the passage best supports the author’s claim that his education led to his discontentment?

Answer

"I was now about twelve years old, and the thought of being a slave for life began to bear heavily upon my heart. Just about this time, I got hold of a book entitled ‘The Columbian Orator.'"

"They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance."

"I could regard them in no other light than a band of successful robbers, who had left their homes, and gone to Africa, and stolen us from our homes, and in a strange land reduced us to slavery."

"It had given me a view of my wretched condition, without the remedy. It opened my eyes to the horrible pit, but to no ladder upon which to get out."

Explanation

Choice D directly connects education with the speaker’s unhappiness: learning “had given me a view of my wretched condition” and “opened my eyes” to the horror of slavery. The passage also says education showed him no way out, deepening his distress. Choice A mentions the book, but D most clearly explains how what he learned led to his discontentment.

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