On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 5:46:01 PM UTC-4, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 4:45:06 PM UTC-4, Chris Rowland wrote:
Do you have to do the written exam before solo?

No.

In the USA there is a requirement for the instructor to give the student some sort of written test before solo. This is of course not at the same level as the FAA written test before the flight test for the license. And it's not standardized, the questions are up to the instructor (although the topics that must have been included in the instruction up to that point are specified by the FAA). Would be interesting to compare questions from such tests across instructors.