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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mike say new college students had limited exposure to?
(a) Large groups of people.
(b) Strong study skills.
(c) Certain kinds of reading and writing.
(d) A good grasp of grammar.

2. What type of curriculum did Mike say was the used by one teacher in his new job?
(a) Independent.
(b) Focused.
(c) Maverick.
(d) Difficult.

3. How much did Mike say he wrote as a child?
(a) Only in school.
(b) All the time.
(c) Very little.
(d) As much as possible.

4. What UCLA class gave Suzette trouble?
(a) Advanced English.
(b) Basic English.
(c) Advanced Grammar.
(d) Basic Grammar.

5. What did Mike believe that his students needed to be immersed in?
(a) Good teaching.
(b) The ability to self express.
(c) Fine literature.
(d) Talking, reading, and writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that they wouldn't understand the logic of error?

2. What did Mike suggest Suzette use to avoid repetition in her writing?

3. Who said that correctness was the era's "most significant measure of accomplished prose"?

4. What did Mike say Aphasia was?

5. What building on the UCLA campus housed the Tutorial Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What struck Mike most about people struggling to learn?

2. What did Arthur do when he went mad?

3. According to Mike, turn-of-the-century English education was based on what?

4. What did Mike say was the base of twentieth century English education?

5. Why did Mike say that teachers in some neighborhoods were unable to do anything for their students?

6. What was Jerry Williams' reaction when he was told he couldn't take the final exam?

7. Why did Mike say educators viewed the poor as being different?

8. How did Mike use poems and songs to teach language to the veterans?

9. According to Mike, how did nineteenth century educators view their mission to help the poor?

10. What did Mike believe caused Suzanne to write sentence fragments?

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