APUSH test question

Why do you only get 55 minutes to answer 80 mc questions for apush?</p>

That’s all you’ll need if you are really supposed to be taking the course.</p>

That’s twice what you need if you really know the material.</p>

Actually I agree. It’s not like you are solving anything.</p>

<ol>
<li>What was Seneca Falls?</li>
</ol>

a.) A Civil War meeting
b.) A technological fair for geeks
c.) Female rights
d.) Harvard was founded
e.) None of the above.</p>

It only takes 5 seconds to even know that it was c.</p>

Yeah, all of the questions are straightforward. You either know it or you don’t.</p>

The same goes for European History (and probably World). Most of the questions are straightforward; even the analysis questions don’t require much time. AP Euro MC was probably the only section of the 4 AP exams I took for which I actually finished early. 55 minutes is plenty.</p>

55 minutes is plenty of time to zip through the multiple choices. They’re all “you either know it or you don’t questions”; you need to have the ability to see what the question’s asking you within a few seconds and answer it as fast as you can.</p>

I got through my APUSH multiple choice pretty fast with 20 minutes or so to spare, and used that 20 minutes to go back and check the multiple choice over. =)</p>

They want to make sure you really know the answers and aren’t guessing.</p>