AP Practice Test: Video 3 Answers (25 Questions) — Questions and Answers

Question 1: In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's fatal flaw is called the:

Hamartia (Correct answer)
Anagnorisis
Catharsis
Hubris alone

Correct answer: Hamartia

Hamartia is the tragic error or flaw that leads to the hero's downfall.

Question 2: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words is known as:

Sibilance
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds across successive words.

Question 3: In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' the mockingbird primarily symbolizes:

Southern wealth
Childhood ambition
Legal justice
Innocence that is unjustly harmed (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Innocence that is unjustly harmed

The mockingbird represents innocent figures who are destroyed by cruelty.

Question 4: Hamlet's famous line 'To be, or not to be' is an example of a:

Soliloquy (Correct answer)
Monologue to another character
Dialogue
Aside

Correct answer: Soliloquy

Hamlet speaks his private thoughts aloud while alone, the definition of a soliloquy.

Question 5: The comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' is a:

Metaphor
Metonymy
Personification
Simile (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Simile

A simile draws a comparison using connective words such as 'like' or 'as.'

Question 6: The Open Door Policy primarily concerned American interests in which country?

Cuba
Mexico
Japan
China (Correct answer)

Correct answer: China

The Open Door Policy sought equal trading access for all nations in China.

Question 7: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, directly led to what?

The Monroe Doctrine
The end of the Great Depression overnight
U.S. entry into World War II (Correct answer)
The Marshall Plan

Correct answer: U.S. entry into World War II

The attack on Pearl Harbor prompted the U.S. to declare war and enter WWII.

Question 8: Which war resulted in the U.S. acquiring the Mexican Cession, including California?

War of 1812
Civil War
Spanish-American War
Mexican-American War (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Mexican Cession.

Question 9: The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s were designed to do what?

Fund the British military
Declare war on Germany
Annex Pacific islands
Keep the U.S. out of foreign wars (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Keep the U.S. out of foreign wars

The Neutrality Acts aimed to prevent U.S. involvement in future wars by restricting trade with belligerents.

Question 10: U.S. foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s is best characterized as a return to what?

Colonial expansion in Africa
Isolationism (Correct answer)
Communist alliance
Aggressive imperialism

Correct answer: Isolationism

After WWI, the U.S. largely retreated into isolationism, avoiding binding foreign alliances.

Question 11: The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved when the Soviets agreed to do what?

Withdraw from Eastern Europe
Remove their missiles from Cuba (Correct answer)
Invade Florida
Build the Berlin Wall

Correct answer: Remove their missiles from Cuba

The USSR removed its missiles in exchange for a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba and to remove missiles from Turkey.

Question 12: The first Earth Day in 1970 reflected the rise of what movement?

The Populist movement
The temperance movement
The environmental movement (Correct answer)
The labor movement

Correct answer: The environmental movement

Earth Day highlighted growing environmental awareness, leading to the EPA's creation that year.

Question 13: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was largely a response to events in which city?

Birmingham, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
Little Rock, Arkansas
Selma, Alabama (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Selma, Alabama

The violent suppression of marchers in Selma galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act.

Question 14: The Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949 was a response to what Soviet action?

The launch of Sputnik
A blockade of West Berlin (Correct answer)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The building of the Berlin Wall

Correct answer: A blockade of West Berlin

The U.S. and allies airlifted supplies after the Soviets blockaded ground access to West Berlin.

Question 15: Nixon's policy of 'Vietnamization' aimed to do what?

Use only nuclear weapons
Invade North Vietnam directly
Expand the draft dramatically
Shift combat responsibility to South Vietnamese forces (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Shift combat responsibility to South Vietnamese forces

Vietnamization sought to withdraw U.S. troops while building up South Vietnam's army.

Question 16: The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause was central to which landmark case?

Schenck v. United States
United States v. Lopez
Gideon v. Wainwright
Brown v. Board of Education (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board used the Equal Protection Clause to declare racially segregated public schools unconstitutional.

Question 17: Which part of Congress has the sole power to initiate revenue (tax) bills?

The Senate
The House of Representatives (Correct answer)
The Joint Economic Committee
The President's cabinet

Correct answer: The House of Representatives

The Origination Clause requires that all bills for raising revenue begin in the House of Representatives.

Question 18: A 'mandate' imposed on states without federal funding to cover the cost is known as a(n):

Revenue sharing
Categorical grant
Unfunded mandate (Correct answer)
Block grant

Correct answer: Unfunded mandate

An unfunded mandate requires states to comply with federal rules without providing money to pay for them.

Question 19: Which of the following is the primary role of the House Rules Committee?

Drafting the federal budget alone
Confirming presidential appointments
Setting the terms for debate and amendments on bills (Correct answer)
Conducting impeachment trials

Correct answer: Setting the terms for debate and amendments on bills

The Rules Committee determines how and whether bills reach the House floor, including debate time and amendment rules.

Question 20: Which best describes the role of a political action committee (PAC)?

Raising and spending money to influence elections (Correct answer)
Drawing congressional district lines
Certifying election results
Appointing federal judges

Correct answer: Raising and spending money to influence elections

PACs collect contributions and spend money to support or oppose candidates and causes.

Question 21: The Nernst equation at 25 °C is E = E° − (0.0592/n) log Q. As Q increases, the cell potential:

Stays constant
Becomes zero immediately
Increases
Decreases (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Decreases

A larger Q makes the log term larger, subtracting more from E° and lowering E.

Question 22: When an electrochemical cell reaches equilibrium, the cell potential E equals:

0 V (Correct answer)
E°cell
A maximum
The standard reduction potential of the cathode

Correct answer: 0 V

At equilibrium no net reaction occurs, so the measured cell potential is zero.

Question 23: A positive standard cell potential indicates the reaction is:

At equilibrium
Endothermic
Nonspontaneous
Spontaneous (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Spontaneous

A positive E°cell corresponds to a negative ΔG°, meaning the reaction is spontaneous.

Question 24: Why does electroplating require the object to be made the cathode?

So metal cations are reduced and deposited onto it (Correct answer)
So it loses metal to the solution
So oxidation coats it
So it generates current

Correct answer: So metal cations are reduced and deposited onto it

At the cathode, metal cations are reduced and plate onto the object's surface.

Question 25: How many electrons are transferred in the balanced reaction Cu²⁺ + 2e⁻ → Cu?

2 (Correct answer)
1
4
3

Correct answer: 2

Copper(II) gains two electrons to become neutral copper metal.

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