A little guidance please

[dcan]

The (admittedly subjective but hopefully not too much) difficulty list at Free-CLEP-Prep lists American Government as 4 out of 5, meaning it is one of the most difficult.

You may want to consider switching gears and spending the same amount of time (or less as some people do) and take Analyzing & Interpreting Literature. While I think you certainly do need to study for it many people rate it as "if you are breathing when you show up you can probably pass." It is definitely an easy one to start with, and it's a full year's 6 credits to boot.

FCP's A&I Lit description

"Most" people have absolutely, positively, no problems with the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP exam. If you read quite a bit (even if it's Dr. Seuss and comic books) then you already know the basics in how to analyze and interpret literature. Remember all those reading comprehension quizzes back in elementary school? Those are like mini Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP tests. Being able to understand what a poet is talking about in a poem is no more difficult then trying to determine what a singer is talking about in a song. Most people can tell you what a song is about after listening to it once. Look at poetry the same way and I think it will help.

Like I said, you certainly should study but it is one of the easiest tests around and a good one for a first test.