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the Subject Tests in Literature and History?

What is on

Each Subject Test is scored on a 200-to-800 scale. Each Subject Test is one hour long. Not every Subject Test is offered on every test date. Not every question has to be answered correctly to get an 800

Literature

60 multiple choice
questions

6 to 8 sets of questions, each set is based on a different literary text

offered in

Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, May and June

breakdown of the tests topics

by Genre

4050% 4050% 010%

by Chronology

Prose passages, primarily excerpts from fiction and essays Poetry, primarily entire poems, although some selections are excerpted from longer works Drama and other

30% 30% 40%

by Sources

Renaissance and 17 century 18 and 19 centuries 20 century

th th th

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4050% 4050% 010%

American literature, written by U.S. authors English literature, written by British authors Other literature written in English
(Past tests have included writers from India, Ireland, Canada, and the Caribbean)

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U.S. History

90 multiple choice
questions

offered in

Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, May and June

breakdown of the tests topics

by Material

Political history Economic history Social history Intellectual and cultural history Foreign policy

by Periods

Pre-Columbian history to 1789 1790 to 1898 1899 to the present

3135% 1317% 2024% 1317% 1317%

20% 40% 40%

World History

95 multiple choice
questions

offered in

Dec and June

breakdown of the tests topics

by Chronological Material

by Geographical Material

25% 20% 25% 20% 10%

Prehistory and civilizations to 500 C.E. 500 to 1500 C.E. 1500 to 1900 C.E. Post to 1900 C.E. Cross-chronological

25% 25% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%

Global or comparative Europe Africa Southwest Asia South and Southeast Asia East Asia The Americas (excluding the U.S.)

for 2010 college-bound seniors

Subject Test Literature U.S. History World History

National mean (average) score

State mean score for New York

State mean score for New Jersey

Percentile rank for a 700 score

Percentile rank for a 800 score

580 601 605

608 633 631

620 650 624

82 76 73

99 98 95