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This exercise will make the importance of selecting good distractors on a test very clear to you! Four items from the Testwiseness Scale $($Weiten$,2000)$ are presented below. The distractors for each item are so poorly

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written that you should be able to guess the correct answers without knowing anything at all about history,

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TESTWISENESS SCALE $($ABRIDGED$)$

The Osten Manifesto aimed to

a$.$ discourage Southem expansionism

b$.$ prevent expansion in the South.

c$.$ aid in Southem expansionism.

d$.$ all of the above

The dispute between Great Britain and the United States over the boundary of Maine was settled by

a$.$ the treaty of Quebec.

b$.$ the treaty of Niagra.

c$.$ the Webster$-$Ashburton Treaty.

d$.$ the Pendleton$-$Scott Treaty.

The Webster$-$Ashburton Treaty settled a long$-$standing dispute between Great Britain and the United States over

a$.$ the Maine boundary.

b$.$ numerous contested chims to property.

c$.$ damages growing out of the War of $1812$ and subsequent conflicts.

d$.$ fishing rights on the Great Lakes and in intemational waters.

Men who opposed the "Ten Hour Movement" in British factory history

a$.$ was a leader in the dominant political party.

b$.$ is convinced that shorter hours of work are bad for the morals of the laboring class.