Test rewrite instructions:

Rewriting the test is optional.  If you choose to do so your rewrite is due as a printout handed in at the beginning of class on Oct 10.  I will give you the average between your grade on the rewrite and your original grade (even if the new grade is lower).  Please type your rewrite and hand it in on paper along with the graded version of your original test.

It is not sufficient on a rewrite to simply change a few sentences where the person who graded your test made comments.  You must substantially revise your essay to do a better job of answering the question, organizing your argument, and using specific examples.  We expect a slightly higher standard of writing and particularly of organization on a rewrite where you are not so limited by time as on the original test.
 

Here are the original questions:

1.    In the days before people went to school to study engineering, what are two ways in which technological knowledge spread?  You may use a variety of examples to explain your point, but then illustrate your theory by giving detailed discussions of two inventors discussed in this course and where they got their technical knowledge.  (If you use the Wright brothers count them as one inventor.)

2.    Lienhard points out that many people contribute to an invention, but he still thinks it worthwhile to pick one canonical inventor.  What principle do you think should be used to pick the inventor who gets credit?  (You may if you wish argue instead that there is no valid way.)  Illustrate your point with examples of three different inventions, at least two of which must be from the book.