Comments on: Test #3

By: Michelle Faw

Michelle Faw — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:55:05 +0000

I am not sure if this test was more difficult or not since I got pretty much the same grade on all of the tests I have taken. I will say the ids were difficult, I am not sure why because really the poems are very different. The easiest for me to identify was Hughes because I am very familiar with his poetry but I always, ALWAYS confuse Pound and Elliot.

By: Andre Smith

Andre Smith — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:42:53 +0000

I agree that test was really tough. The identification questions were really hard even though the poems were short. The other parts of the test were not as hard. Im glad that we get a chance to re take a test so hopefully in doing so, my score will be much better.

By: Emily Finley

Emily Finley — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:14:57 +0000

Although I did better on this test than I thought, I did think it was somewhat of a difficult test to take. The identification part was definitely the hardest for me, even though I made sure to remember which authors wrote which poems, since matching those together has been one of the more important topics in previous tests. I was happy to hear that we can make up an exam; I think this will really help our overall grades.

By: Sarah Lovre

Sarah Lovre — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:09:38 +0000

I thought that the test was hard, but really only the identification part. I thought the other questions were comparable to our previous tests, but when I had to identify not only the poem, but the author, my mind went blank and I switched a lot of my answers around. I am wondering for the make-up that you discussed in class, if it was going to be similar to this, or if you would somehow tweak the id portion. Even if the title of the poem was the option instead of the author would be helpful.

By: Molly O'Connor

Molly O'Connor — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:43:14 +0000

I also agree. The identification questions were VERY difficult. Although I studied a lot for this test, when it came to the identification questions I was lost. Because many of us did poorly on this test, would it be possible to curve? If not, extra credit would be much appreciated.

By: catherine ashbach

catherine ashbach — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:31:20 +0000

I agree with the pack, the test was hard. There were altogether too many authors/poems in too short of a time span to have every line memorized. This raises the biggest concerns for me when I think about the final exam. Is the final exam comprehensive and will we be expected to know all the authors/ poems/ shorts stories/ novels for the whole semester? It would be really helpful to get a handout for the final for those of us that would like to start preparing early.

By: christinaschreiner

christinaschreiner — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:55:58 +0000

I most definately agree with everybody above!! I studied as much (if not more, because I figured a poetry test would be harder) as I did for the previous two tests and did not do nearly as well, even though I felt prepared. I think the biggest thing for me was not really being able to identify an author’s distinct style within the small portions of text as easily as in a larger story. It was also a lot harder to try to put the quotes/lines into context during the test because, for some of the shorter poems at least, it was hard enough to put them into context with the entire poem presented in the book. Any “grade improving opportunities” would be MORE than greatly appreciated!!!!

By: Liz Hunhoff

Liz Hunhoff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:58:48 +0000

I also agree that this was a very difficult test. I read all of the readings, attended all of the class, and study quite a bit, but I still didn’t do very well on this exam. Everything just got jumbled up when I was trying to answer the questions. I could remember reading the lines of the poems, but I couldn’t put my finger on who the author was because for me when seeing the lines altogether they melted into one poem. I think part of this had to do with the fact that we had to cruise through so many poems in such a short amount of time and it was almost impossible to remember what every poem was. Also, I was expecting more questions about Quicksand, but maybe that’s because we didn’t get to discuss it as much. Anyways, that’s just how the exam went for me. I feel that any extra credit would be glorious!

By: Jolene Slagter

Jolene Slagter — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:16:31 +0000

yes! any extra credit or anything of that nature that could help us pull our grades up would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

By: Corie Oliva

Corie Oliva — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:07:37 +0000

This test was the hardest one that we have taken yet this semester i think. I probably could have studied more but i thought that the quotes were really hard even though i had read all the poems. It was really hard to distinguish between which poem was which and the authors, when i read the quotes i knew i had read it and remembered reading it but it was really hard to place which poem it was from or which author it was from. I thought that most of the poems were pretty similar when reading them for class, and that there wasnt really any way to tell them apart on the test. Any way to get extra credit for class after this test would be greatly appreciated.