AP Latin

This section tests your understanding of the poetry and prose readings from the course syllabus, as well as your ability to read at sight.

Questions also require you to relate the Latin texts to Roman historical, cultural, and literary contexts.

You’ll see the following 4 types of questions:

• Discrete Questions: Sight Prose and Poetry (20 questions)
• Short Sets: Sight Prose and Poetry (3 questions each, 6 questions total)
• Short Sets: Syllabus Prose and Poetry (3 questions each, 6 questions total)
• Long Sets: Syllabus Prose and Poetry (10 questions each, 20 questions total)

The free-response section includes 5 types of questions:

• 1 short answer question: You’ll receive a passage from the syllabus and be asked to answer 6-8 questions about the passage.
• 1 translation question: You’ll be asked to literally translate a short passage from the syllabus.
• 1 short essay question: You’ll receive a short passage from the syllabus and be asked to respond to a short answer question and write a short essay interpreting the passage using specific supporting evidence.
• 2 short essay questions: You’ll receive 1 prose and 1 poetry passage from the course project passages and be asked to summarize and interpret the passages using specific supporting evidence.

Course Project: In-Class Checkpoints 
2 In-class checkpoint tasks | 2% of free-response section score 

You will examine four passages as part of the in-class course project and complete two checkpoint tasks prior to the exam. These checkpoints will be scored by your teacher. 

• Checkpoint 1: You’ll be asked to write a summary of 1 of the 4 project passages.
• Checkpoint 2: You’ll be asked to create a product that presents an interpretation of 1 of the 4 project passages using evidence from the Latin text.