Practice Exam 2: Section I (Multiple Choice)
This is a full AP Literature simulation, and Section I is the first half. It contains 55 multiple-choice questions in five passage sets, to be completed in 60 minutes. Take it in one sitting, with a timer, in a quiet room, and with no chapter notes open.
How to run the section
- Do not check answers between sets, and do not go back to Section I once you have started Section II.
- Budget about 11 to 12 minutes per passage set. Read the passage once with the question stems in mind, then answer from the text, not from memory of the chapter.
- Mark a question you cannot settle, choose your best answer, and move on. An unanswered question can never earn a point.
- After Section I ends, take one 10-minute break. Do not score Section I during the break.
What this set tests
The five sets mix prose fiction, drama, and poetry. Questions ask about character, setting, structure, narration, and figurative language, and a few ask for a whole-passage interpretation. This second exam tests transfer: none of its major passage sources are reused from Practice Exam 1. The passages are Wuthering Heights, The House of Mirth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Yet Do I Marvel, and Dover Beach.
When you score it
Score only after both sections are finished. Each explanation after a question names the deciding evidence and, where the book gives one, the strongest distractor and its failure type: scope, function, degree, inference, precision, or complexity. For every miss, find the decision that failed, not just the right letter. The book does not convert a raw score into an estimated AP score of 1 to 5, because cut scores vary across exam forms and years. Use the two exams to find repeated errors, pacing problems, and whether your corrections hold on new material.