Answers to the 1996 AP English Language and Composition Exam

Multiple Choice Section

Listed below are the correct answers to the multiple-choice questions and the percentage of AP
candidates who answered each question correctly. The labels are mine (V. Stevenson) and are meant to
identify the passages.
ITEM
ANSWER
Queen Elizabeths speech
1
C
2
A
3
B
4
C
5
E
6
C
7
D
8
C
9
B
10
B
11
E
12
E
13
D
Genius
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27

B
B
D
A
B
D
A
C
E
C
B
E
E
A

% CORRECT
85%
89%
34%
47%
86%
51%
90%
58%
63%
73%
82%
42%
68%

80%
41%
66%
82%
37%
91%
43%
82%
80%
77%
72%
20%
74%
70%

ITEM
Mangroves
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

ANSWER

% CORRECT

B
A
C
D
A
C
A
B
C
C
B
D
E
D
A
E

65%
59%
30%
57%
50%
69%
58%
84%
83%
44%
68%
78%
83%
40%
56%
73%

Kiowa Grandmother
44
B
45
D
46
E
47
C
48
D
49
A
50
C
51
B
52
E

91%
72%
74%
55%
73%
74%
76%
39%
93%