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Home > AP Courses and Exams > AP Exam Questions > Exam Format: World History Exam Format: World History Format for the Exams The AP World History Exam is three hours and five minutes long. In Section I, students are given 55 minutes to answer 70 multiple-choice questions. In Section II, students are given a 50-minute exercise in the use of historical evidence (the document-based question or DBQ), which includes a 10-minute reading period; a 40-minute question that deals with change over time; and a 40-minute comparative question that focuses on broad issues in world history. % of Grade Number of Questions Time Allotted Reading Period Section I 50 70 55 minutes Section II 50 Part A 1 essay 50 minutes 10 minutes (included in the 50-minute total) Part B 1 essay 40 minutes Part C 1 essay 40 minutes See also... The AP World History Exam

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