If you find that you miss four or more of these questions within hours of attending class, then it's likely you: (1) aren't reading before you come to class (2) aren't listening well, (3) have poor comprehension, (4) have poor retention, (5) have poor critical-thinking skills, or (6) you have poor test-taking skills. Of course, it could also be a combination of two or more of these problems. Whatever it is, you need to figure it out, and work on it. Otherwise, you are wasting your time attending lecture and reading the book.

Notes: (1) Material in a few of these questions may be covered only in the textbook. These questions should give you some idea what type of information I expect you to glean from reading the text. Because my expectation is that you will read the book BEFORE attending lecture, you should already have quite a few facts under your belt when you come to class.
(2) If you wait for one or more days after lecture before you review these questions, you may not get a realistic idea of your ability to retain and comprehend the material I present in class. In other words, you should try to answer these questions as soon as possible after attending the associated lecture.
(3) If you think there is a problem with one of the questions or answers, e-mail me about it.
(4) No, I will not be providing similar question sets for other lecture topics. This is designed to give you a useful "yard stick" for assessing your situation, during the early part of the course.