ENG 331: Early English Geography/History Test

This in-class test, a timed assessment of your command of basic geographical locations and dated events (primarily the 22 on the list circulated in class), and terms, all of which we will cover in our first five weeks), will occur before the middle of term (see our course schedule for exact dates).

Test questions will be multiple choice and short answer. Some of those questions will test basic memorization of the assigned dates, terms, and locations; some will require higher-order thinking. Among the more complicated questions will be some that require you to be able to read a map and to understand how it relates to real space (“if you are facing south, is east to your right or left?”).

The test will be built to take 35-40 minutes, but I allow the full 50-minute class session for you to complete it. That said, the test is time-pressurized in order to better assess your in-the-moment ability to bring the relevant information to mind. If you have arranged with Accessibility Services to have access to a less pressurized test-taking setting, I encourage you to use it; if you contact me within the first three weeks of class, I can also arrange extra test-taking time in my office (such arrangements are one menu item among many for the accommodations and modifications I offer).

If you do not attend class on the day of the test, you must email me immediately and attend the Office Hours session immediately subsequent to that class session, where I will lead you through a make-up test. If the subsequent Office Hours session passes without any contact from you, your test grade will drop to zero, with no exceptions.