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What was your favorite thing about this course (this could be a particular reading, the notes, a specific assignment)? Why was this your favorite?What was your least favorite thing about this course (this could be a particular reading, the notes, a specific assignment)? How can I make your least favorite thing better? Please keep in mind I cannot change the time frame. I also can’t eliminate assignments, but I can change them. What are your suggestions?If you could give advice to a future ENG 261 student about this particular class, what advice would you give them to help them prepare for the course?

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some havegreatness thrust upon ’em.”

Which of the following describes an automatic contingency?

A student must work on his worksheet during the “work period” and read silently during “reading time” to earn his tokens for the class period. Each period is ten minutes long. He is not told when each period begins.    This provides an example of which of the following? 

Driving the speed limit after suffering a terrible injury in a previous speed-related accident is best described as which of the following?

A behavior that persists regardless of disruptions, such as changes in the reinforcement schedule, is related to which of the following concepts?

Assume we wanted to use a schedule that would simultaneously encourage our students to complete a certain number of tasks AND work on the same tasks for a predetermined period of time. Which of the following would be must appropriate? 

What does one point on the pentangle on Sir Gawain’s shield stand for? (You can choose any of the five points).

Option 1. Explain the influences on the English language from A.D. 43 to the present day. Focus on influences such as an invading people coming in with a different language as well as influences such as technology. OR Option 2. Discuss the pagan and Christian elements in Anglo-Saxon literature. In your opinion is Beowulf more of a pagan work or more of a Christian work and why? OR Option 3. Discuss one character in Canterbury Tales who is portrayed negatively, and discuss one character in CT who is portrayed positively? What kinds of characters are Chaucer’s harshest words reserved for? What kinds of characters are Chaucer’s most respectful words reserved for? What does this say about Chaucer’s attitude towards the Medieval Church and towards Christianity in general?

The tendency of individuals to allocate responses in proportion to the rate of reinforcement available for each option is best described as which of the following?