End of the Year Final Exam!

We are near the end of the year. What better time for a final exam?

In my classes I normally give essay exams — they are by far the best way to find out how much a student actually knows (as opposed to testing them for what they don’t know) and how well s/he can express thoughts in writing and develop an argument.

I’ve pulled out an exam that I once gave to my students in a class called Jesus in Scholarship and Film. It’s a terrifically interesting course: we examine ancient Gospels, mainly...