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Exam Content
This three-hour and exam consists of a multiple-choice section (Section I) and a free-response section (Section II):
Section I - Multiple-choice section
- Part A: (Interpretive Listening) contains 15 questions in three sets that are based on authentic audio texts related to course content. The audio texts include an excerpt from an interview with an author, a recited poem that is not on the required reading list, and a brief presentation on a literary topic related to course content. Students will have time to skim the questions for each set before listening to the audio. The interview and presentation will be played once; the recited poem will be played twice.
- Part B: (Reading Analysis) contains 50 questions in six sets that are based on literary readings representing a variety of genres, periods, and places in the Spanish-speaking world. The literary readings include works from the required reading list, works that are not on the list, and one passage of literary criticism regarding a work or author from the list. One set in Section I, Part B contains two passages that are related by theme — one of those passages is taken from the required reading list.
Section II - Free-response
In this section of the exam, students are given two short-answer questions and two essay questions to complete in 100 minutes. They may answer the questions in any order; recommended times are printed in the exam booklet (15 minutes for each of the short answers, 35 minutes for each of the essays).
- The first short-answer question (Text Explanation) requires students to read an excerpt from a text on the required reading list, identify the author and period of the text, and explain the development of a particular theme found within the excerpt in relation to the whole work from which the excerpt is taken.
- The second short-answer question (Text and Art Comparison) requires students to read an excerpt from a text on the required reading list and study an image of a work of art (e.g., a painting, photograph, sculpture,or drawing) related by theme to the text. Students are asked to compare how a particular theme is represented in both the text and the image, and then to connect that theme to the genre, period, or movement of the text.
- The first essay question (Analysis of Single Text) requires students to read an excerpt from a text on the required reading list and then analyze how the text represents the characteristics of a particular genre and also a particular historical, cultural, or social context
- The second essay question (Text Comparison) requires students to read two excerpts related by theme — one from a text on the required list, the other from a text not on the list. Students are asked to analyze the effect of literary devices that the authors use in the texts to develop a particular theme that is provided in the question prompt. In the essay, students compare the presentation of the theme in the two texts and cite examples from both texts that support their analysis.
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