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🖼AP Art History
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🖼AP Art History

FRQ 1 – Comparison (Long Essay)
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Unit 1: Global Prehistory, 30,000-500 bce
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Guided Practice

FRQ 1 – Comparison (Long Essay)
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Unit 1: Global Prehistory, 30,000-500 bce
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Each FRQ type tests specific skills taught in particular units. Here's why certain units appear for each question type:

This mapping reflects College Board's exam structure - each FRQ type tests specific skills that are taught in particular units.

Why are some FRQs missing?

For this first release, we focused on FRQs that:

  • We already have stimulus materials for (i.e. history/English)
  • Don't require stimulus materials at all
  • Use stimulus that can be generated with AI (like science data sets)

We also skipped FRQs that require audio playback or speaking responses for now.

Our goal is to eventually have practice available for every FRQ type across all AP subjects. We're actively working to add more!

Practice FRQ 1 of 111/11
Running horned woman

Running horned woman. Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. 6000-4000 bce. Pigment on rock

1. The work shown is the Running horned woman, created c. 6000-4000 BCE. The work depicts a figure connected to the spiritual or supernatural world.
Select and completely identify another work of art that depicts a figure connected to the spiritual or supernatural world. You may select a work from the list below or any other relevant work.
Describe one visual characteristic of the Running horned woman and one visual characteristic of your selected work.
Using specific visual evidence from the Running horned woman and specific visual evidence from your selected work, explain ONE similarity or difference in how the artists depicted the figure connected to the spiritual or supernatural world.
Using specific visual evidence from the Running horned woman and specific visual evidence from your selected work, explain ANOTHER similarity or difference in how the artists depicted the figure connected to the spiritual or supernatural world.
Make a claim that explains one similarity or difference in why the artists depicted the figure connected to the spiritual or supernatural world.
Support your claim using specific contextual evidence from the Running horned woman and specific contextual evidence from your selected work.
When identifying the work you select, you should try to include all of the following identifiers: title or designation, name of the artist and/or culture of origin, date of creation, and materials. You will earn credit for the identification if you provide at least two accurate identifiers, but you will not be penalized if any additional identifiers you provide are inaccurate. If you select a work from the list below, you must include at least two accurate identifiers beyond those that are given.
Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi)
Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
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Free Response Question Practice

This practice environment simulates the AP AP Art History Free Response Questions section. Here are some guidelines:

  • Read each question carefully before responding. Pay attention to command verbs like "identify," "explain," "analyze," or "evaluate."
  • Use the timer to practice time management. You can pause, restart, or hide the timer as needed.
  • Mark for Review if you want to come back to a question later.
  • Your responses are saved automatically as you type. You can also use the drawing tool for questions that require diagrams or graphs.
  • Use the toolbar for formatting options like bold, italic, subscript, and superscript.
  • Navigate between questions using the Previous and Next buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Tip: Answer all parts of each question. Partial credit is often available, so even if you are unsure, provide what you know.