Exam fun

When I include multiple-choice questions in my exams, I like to sprinkle into the mix a few just-for-kicks questions to give my students a mental breather. I’m enjoying the responses and thought I would share a couple.

Here’s one:

If the South Carolina School of Law faculty had a theme song, which of the following would it be?

(1) "Insensitive Stone Age Guys," Geoff Bartley

(2) "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist," Nancy Tucker

(3) "I Can See Your Aura And It's Ugly," Mark Graham

(4) "I’m Interested in Apathy," TISM

(5) "Shiny Happy People," R.E.M

** Happily, answer choice (5) was the most popular selection, with (2) as a distant runner-up.  Here’s another (in our grim economic times, I deemed it wise to seek some career advice in the event of the unspeakable):

If Professor Susan Kuo were RIF’d (alternatively stated as "laid off," "fired," "terminated," or "sh*tcanned") from the faculty, what song title presents the best alternative career for her?

(1) "(Workin’ at the) Carwash," Rose Royce

(2) "Paperback Writer," The Beatles

(3) "Frontier Psychiatrist," The Avalanches

(4) "Bright Future in Sales," Fountains of Wayne

(5) "Cocaine Traffickin’," Ghostface Killah

** Over half of the class chose (2) for me, but (4) and (5) tied for second place. Good to know that I’ve options.