CHAPTER 3
Take a Diagnostic Exam
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: In the following pages you will find a diagnostic exam that is modeled after the actual AP
exam. It is intended to give you an idea of your level of preparation in world history. After you have
completed both the multiple-choice and the essay questions, check your multiple-choice answers
against the given answers and read over the comments to the possible solutions to the free-response
questions.
Key Ideas
Practice the kind of multiple-choice and free-response questions you will be asked on the real
exam.
Answer questions that approximate the coverage of periods and themes on the real exam.
Check your work against the given answers and the possible solutions to the free-response
questions.
Determine your areas of strength and weakness.
Earmark the concepts to which you must give special attention.