And so on. You’ve just taken a test on which you’ve guessed, if you’re anything like me, mostly wrong. Has taking that test improved your knowledge of those twelve capitals? Of course it has. Your friend gave you the answers after each question. Nothing surprising there. We’re not quite done, though. That was Phase 1 of our experiment, pretesting. Phase 2 will be what we think of as traditional studying. For that, you will need to choose another twelve unfamiliar nations, with the correct answer listed alongside, and then sit down and try to memorize them. Nigeria—Abuja. Eritrea—Asmara.
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