Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines
The three-hour AP Art History Exam includes a one-hour, 115-question multiple-choice section, and a two-hour free-response section that contains two long essay questions and seven short essay questions (based on printed color images).
You can find additional free-response questions and scoring guidelines on AP Central, along with score distributions and examples of actual students' responses and commentary that explain why the responses received the scores they did.
As of 2010, printed inserts containing color images are used instead of slides. In addition, students may now move freely from question to question for the total time allotted for the questions in Section I, Part A, and the short essay questions in Section II.
Multiple-Choice Questions
For sample multiple-choice questions, refer to the Course Description.
AP Art History Course Description (.pdf/1.35MB)
Free-Response Questions
2009 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/480K)
2008 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/193K)
2007 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/250K)
2006 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/105K)
2005 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/217K)
2004 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/237K)
2003 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/382K)
2002 Slide-Based Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions (.pdf/165K)
Scoring Guidelines
2009 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/168K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/154K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/268K)
2006 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/152K)
2005 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/141K)
2004 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/444K)
