F.R.Q. AP US Government Free Response Questions The Basics ? AP Exam 4 F.R.Q. Prompts Each prompt is guided by a theme, and has sub-prompts A); B); C); etc. Total of 100 minutes to complete (double what you had for APUSH short answers!) Worth 50% of your AP Exam!! How do we answer them? Each prompt must be planned and answered in 25 minutes. If you take about 8 minutes to CAREFULLY outline and plan, then you?d have about 17 minutes to write 3 paragraphs (consider that your outline has all the info? so you?d just need to put it into sentences) (1) Laser focus on EXACT prompt (look at hints in the passage; key words, etc..) (2) Define any VOCAB terms