Extra-credit Quizzes for the Exam Period

Dear Roman Readers,

Welcome to what might be the last post before this blog changes its name to Writing Rome.

Appropriately, this post is about the extra credit quizzes Dr. Spinner and I have decided to offer from now until the end of the exam period. Please read it carefully so that you can make an informed choice about whether or not you want to participate.

We've looked at the averages for all the multiple choice quizzes this term. Not counting the tragedy that was quiz 25, which is too fresh to permit any kind of retake, these three quizzes had the lowest overall averages:

• Quiz 7: Advanced Roman Topography (avg. 27 pts. / 32 total);
• Quiz 20: Popes & Pilgrims (avg. 20 pts. / 25)
• Quiz 21: Medieval & Renaissance Rome (avg. 29 pts. / 34)

If you're interested in earning bonus points toward your quiz total, which was sent to you by email this morning, you can take any or all of these quizzes by 11:59 p.m. on May 8, the very end of the spring exam period.

However, to earn the points, you have to beat the class average on any given quiz. So, if you take quiz 7, you need to score a minimum of 28 in order for the points to count; quiz 20, 21 points; quiz 21, 30 points. We've put this condition in place to help ensure that the retakes are thoughtfully done.

When you take the quiz, all protocols and procedures are the same as they were during the regular term. You may access any quiz as often as you like, but you may only submit one set of answers; and you'll get an email confirming your score.

If that score beats the class average, your total will be increased by that number of points. If your score meets or falls below the average, the points will not be counted.

Note that there will be no penalty to your current totals for wrong answers. You can only earn points, not lose them. And, this opportunity is optional: if you're happy with your current totals, you needn't do anything at all.

Good luck, and please let us know if you have questions.

www.skidmore.edu/~dcurley/rome/login-only/quizzes/

DC/gs