Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines
The Spanish Literature exam is three hours and 10 minutes long. It includes a 65-question multiple-choice section and a three-essay free-response section. The use of dictionaries or other references is not permitted during the examination. All the directions printed inside the exam books are in both English and Spanish.
You can find additional free-response questions and scoring guidelines on AP Central, along with grade distributions and examples of actual students' responses and commentary that explains why the responses received the scores they did.
Multiple-Choice Questions
For sample multiple-choice questions, refer to the Course Description.
AP Spanish Course Description (.pdf/2.8MB)
Free-Response Questions
2009 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/470K)
2008 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/133K)
2007 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/114K)
2006 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/75K)
2005 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/154K)
2004 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/85K)
2003 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/102K)
Scoring Guidelines
2009 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/72K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/94K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/143K)
2006 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/349K)
2005 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/104K)
2004 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/79K)
