AP Exam Test Format

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AP Exam Test Format

• REA AP Art History Test Prepartation

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I. Ancient through Medieval30

• Greece and Rome 1015
• Early Christian , Byzantine, Early
  Medieval 510
• Romanesque 37
• Gothic 710

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II. Beyond the European Tradition 20

• Africa (including Egypt), the Americas, Asia,
  Near East, Oceania, and Global Islamic Traditions

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III. Renaissance to Present50

• 14th thru 16th Centuries 1217
• 17th through 18 Centuries 1015
• 19th Century 1015
• 20th and 21st Centuries 1015

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About the Exam

• 3 hours long
• 115 multiple-choice questions
• 7 short essays
• 2 long essays

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Exam Format

• Part A Slide-base Multiple-choice Questions
• Part B Multiple-choice Questions
• Long Essay
• Short Essay
• Long Essay

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Section I (One hour)

• Part A Slide-based Multiple-Choice Questions
  (.69 point per question)
• Four sets of images
• Each set contains seven to nine questions
• Fours minutes to answer each set

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Section I (One Hour)

• Part B Multiple-choice Questions (.69 point per
  question)
• 85 to 87 questions
• About half refer to specific works of art that
  are illustrated
• Part A B total 115 questions (then a break)

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Section II Free-response Questions

• Long Essay Question (25 points)
• Must incorporate at least one example from beyond
  the European tradition
• 30 Minutes

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Section II Free-response Questions

• Short Essay Questions (10 points per question)
• 7 timed essays
• Two 5-minute essays
• Five 10-minute essays
• Based on slides and one primary source quote
• 60 Minutes

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Section II Free-response Questions

• Long Essay Question (25 points per question)
• The question asks you to address significant art
  history themes and problems.
• You must use specific examples
• 30 Minutes

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Scoring Multiple Choice (80 points)

• 1 point per correct answer
• Incorrect answers are 1 x 1/3
• Example imagine you answer 100 questions
  correctly and 15 questions incorrectly
• 100 (15 x 1/3)
• 100 5 95
• 95 x .69
• 66

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Scoring Short Essay (70 points)

• Each of the 7 essays is worth 10 points
• Readers grade them on a 4-point scale
• Total score is multiplied by 2.5
• 7 essays x 4 points 28 points
• 28 points x 2.5 70 points

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Scoring the Long Essay (50 points)

• Each of the two longs essays is worth 25 points
• Essays are scored on a scale of 09
• The score is multiplied by 2.77

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Strategy Short Essay (4 points)

• Each short essay begins with a question asking
  you to identify the date, the artist, the
  architect, or the work (1 point)
• Then you must answer the question
• Be sure to give at least 3 more important facts
  or observations to earn the 4 points