Review of
F In Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong
Test Answers, by Richard Benson ISBN 9780811878319
Five out of five stars
While all readers will find this book amusing, long-time
teachers will enjoy it more and likely have memories triggered regarding some
of the amusing answers that appeared on their exams. The questions are all
common exam questions in the subject matter, what happened was that the student
had no idea how to answer the question. Therefore, they raised the white flag
after attaching a humorous and generally completely irrelevant note to it.
For example, in
the psychology section there is a stratified pyramid and the question is, “Fill
in the sections of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.” The answers from top to bottom
were cake, ice cream, candy, chips and pizza. One found in the history and
geography section is “Which artificial waterway runs between the Mediterranean and
Red Seas?” The answer given is the sewage canal, wrong but a very good pun.
All teachers have
experienced students giving humorous and completely wrong answers and even
perhaps given a point for humor rather than accuracy. From this collection, it
is easy to understand the temptation.
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