Pop quiz

A pop quiz is a quiz or test given to the class without prior warning or announcement. The practice is commonly used by teachers in high schools and undergraduate programs in the United States.

Uses

* To regain a class's focus on a certain subject that they may not have been studying hard enough otherwise. [cite web|url= http://www.cte.umd.edu/library/teachingLargeClass/guide/ch10.html | title= Large Classes- A Teaching Guide Improving Teaching Through Student Feedback |date= April 09, 2008]
* To reward classes with high attendance and punish those that don't in a university or collegiate environment.Fact|date=March 2007

Pop quizzes in popular culture

* The 1994 movie "Speed" also used this term as a way to verbally attack someone by asking them what they would do in a crisis situation.
* In the 2007 movie "Transformers", after high school students make fun of Sam Witwicky in class, his teacher Mr. Hosney warns them that there may or may not be a pop quiz tomorrow.
* The 1992 movie "Wayne's world" also used this term : (Garth to Wayne) "Okay, pop quiz. Cassandra is not interested in Benjamin because... A: Chicks think he's handsome, B: has cool car, C: has lots of cash, D: has no visible scars, E: does not live with parents."

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