FIRST+BIG+HISTORY+TEST

Choose the BEST answer. > a. Chocolate for Ms. Anders > b. An excuse about why you don’t have your homework > c. A comp. book > d. An attitude. > > > a. Yell at me. > b. Wait for me to finish talking to my neighbor, when I should be listening. > c. Listen to my excuse about being late while she’s taking attendance. > d. Travel cheaply (//not// on cruise ships). > > > a. Take out my planner and my composition book > b. Find out how the game went over the weekend. > c. Blow a bubble. > d. Ask what time class gets out. > > > a. My iPod > b. My phone on or on vibrate (otherwise, I’ll want to text my friend back as soon as it vibrates and I am no longer focusing on class) > c. My pants hanging around my ankles, because she’ll yank them up (if I’m a boy) or spaghetti straps (if I’m a girl) > d. All of the above > > 5. What is true about history? a. It is only a version (or versions) of past events and is imperfect. b. It is really boring. c. I am taking it for the third time because I never cared to learn it before. d. Both b and c
 * Big, Important World History Test #1**
 * 1) What must I have daily for class?
 * 1) What does Ms. Anders like to do?
 * 1) What am I supposed to do as soon as I come into class?
 * 1) What should I not have at all in class?

6. What does, “To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child.” mean? a. If you don’t start learning history, then you will never grow hair under your armpits. b. If you don’t learn about anything that happened outside your own life, your mind will cease to grow and will have the mind of a child. c. To be ignorant of history is to forever stay 3 feet tall. d. I don’t care what it means. e. If you write d you //should// care or you will always have the mind of a child. If you write e, you aren’t paying attention AT ALL and just might fail this class. Read each answer //carefully//.

7. If I copy anyone’s answer for the BQs, homework, or a quiz, I will a. Maybe get a couple more points (but stay ignorant). b, Get a trophy. c. Give both myself and the guy I copy from a zero and a referral. d. End up a loser because I get used to cheating since I don’t try to learn things for myself. e. Both c and d

8. What does it mean to be //intellectually curious// ? a. To wonder what it would be like to ditch class. b. To try and be interested in a subject that I don’t know much about. c. To wonder about ideas, events, and subjects that I don’t really understand. d. Both b and c sound about right.

9. When I am writing a response to the Big Question, I should NOT a. Elaborate (whatever that means.) b. Exemplify (whatever that means) c. Illustrate it d. Look up every now and then so that Ms. Anders thinks I’m really writing an answer so that she won’t know that I’m writing to my friend.

>> >> WHEN YOU ARE DONE, PUT YOUR PEN IN YOUR COMP. BOOK TO MARK THE PAGE AND CLOSE IT. If you think you did well, you are off to a good start………. but don’t worry, they get tougher. J But if you continue to pay attention like you have these two weeks, you will do fine.
 * 1) What is not allowed on your desk (besides your feet)
 * 2) Bottled water
 * 3) Food
 * 4) Open Monster drink cans
 * 5) Both b and c
 * a, b, and c