AP Latin Multiple-Choice Item Writing Tutorial
Format of Multiple-Choice Section

The multiple-choice section is the first section of the AP Latin Examination. It is one hour long and represents 40% of the student's total grade. It consists of 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes. Questions are based on four unadapted Latin passages, 8-12 lines in length, that may be described as follows:

• 3 sight passages (at least 1 poetry and at least 1 prose)
• 1 syllabus-based passage (Vergil booklets contain a Vergil passage; Latin Literature booklets contain a Catullus passage)

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