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Practice Exams

AP Art History - 5 practice exams

Practice exams

Practice Exam 1

Moderate

Section I: 80 MCQ (60 min) | Section II: 6 FRQ (120 min)

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Practice Exam 2

Moderate

Section I: 80 MCQ (60 min) | Section II: 6 FRQ (120 min)

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Practice Exam 3

Challenging

Section I: 80 MCQ (60 min) | Section II: 6 FRQ (120 min)

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Practice Exam 4

Challenging

Section I: 80 MCQ (60 min) | Section II: 6 FRQ (120 min)

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Practice Exam 5

Extra Challenge

Section I: 80 MCQ (60 min) | Section II: 6 FRQ (120 min)

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Classic practice progression: Exams 1-2 start at moderate difficulty, exams 3-4 add challenge, and exam 5 is the hardest classic set.

How to use the AP Art History practice exams

Each exam is a timed AP Art History practice exam, with multiple-choice and free-response sections. Every question has an explanation of the correct answer and of each wrong choice, and is tagged with the AP skill and topic it tests, so a missed question points straight to what to review.

  1. Work through the units first. The exams draw on all 10 units: Unit 1 (Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE)), Unit 2 (Ancient Mediterranean (3500 BCE–300 CE)), Unit 3 (Early Europe and Colonial Americas (200–1750 CE)), Unit 4 (Later Europe and Americas (1750–1980 CE)), Unit 5 (Indigenous Americas (1000 BCE–1980 CE)), Unit 6 (Africa (1100–1980 CE)), Unit 7 (West and Central Asia (500 BCE–1980 CE)), Unit 8 (South, East, and Southeast Asia (300 BCE–1980 CE)), Unit 9 (The Pacific (700–1980 CE)), Unit 10 (Global Contemporary (1980 CE–Present)).
  2. Take Exam 1 in one sitting with the timer on, the way you will sit the real exam. Your score estimate is only meaningful under real timing.
  3. Review every question you missed or guessed. Group the misses by unit and skill, then go back to that unit's video, notes, and flashcards before the next exam.
  4. Space the remaining exams about a week apart so each one measures what you learned since the last. Save Exam 5, the hardest, for the final week before test day.

Not ready for a full exam?

Start with the free AP Art History practice test (20 questions with explanations, no login) or the free AP Art History study guide, which covers the exam format and every unit.