AP Exam: The Diagnostic Test
The diagnostic test was quite the surprise to me. I knew more than I thought I did, but I didn’t know enough to pass the AP Exam. Out of the 55 questions, I missed 17. Which is not too shabby for a guy that isn’t outstanding at complex multiple choice questions. I seemed to be the most distraught about the questions that could have multiple answers or required me to choose the best answer. For example, I found it difficult to find the authors tone or the authors attitude toward a particular thing in the passage. In fact, all of the answer choices that were listed seemed reasonable. However, two of the five choice I thought could easily be the correct answer and the actual correct answer just seemed more sophisticated than the other one. The
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