Preparing for your exam in
AP European History
May 10, 2002
Time Allowed for Each Part:
The exam lasts a total of 3 hours and 5 minutes.
55 minutes for 80 multiple-choice questions
130 minutes for the free-response section
15 minutes will be allowed for a mandatory reading period to analyze the DBQ documents and to consider choices of thematic essays.
45 minutes will be allowed to answer the DBQ
70 minutes will to answer the two thematic essays (5 minutes planning and 30 minutes writing recommended for each essay)