2009 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS


Question 3 

(Suggested time— 40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) 

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. 

— Horace 
Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, 
or qualifies Horace's assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) 
plays in developinga person's character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, 
observation, or experience. 

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