LAST QUESTION

I'll be repeating this on Tuesday's class, and Thursday's, for that matter. But you have one more question of the week:

Make up a short-answer question for the final exam: it should be one that can be ably answered in one sentence. 

Last year's request said it well, so I'll repeat it here.

While not every question will be used, you may be able to give yourself a leg up with a question that (a) is based on readings and/or class discussions, (b) is challenging enough that it isn't a freebie, and (c) is easy enough that it doesn't require a photographic memory to answer it.

Not that I'm whining, but it is rather difficult setting an examination, and short answer questions are more difficult to write than the questions for essays, both because they are specific and because you have to think of so many of them. The general effect I am looking for is that, when you first pick up the exam paper and read each question, you should say to yourself "Right, I should know this." It falls between "This question is an insult to my intelligence," and "Who does he think I am, Alan Dundes?" (Note: When you have studied, you will find this joke frickin' hilarious.)

Absolute due date for this one is the 8th of April. And (at least) one will actually be used.