Suppose That You Have Just Learned That You Will Have

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you have just learned that you will have a quiz in about 30 minutes on a set of fairly difficult short essays that you haven't even glanced at. If you are like the students described in the discussion of regulating study strategies, you would

A) select the most difficult essays to read first.
B) select the easiest essays to read first.
C) select easier essays to read first if you are an expert, but select more difficult essays to read first if you are a novice.
D) show no systematic pattern in reading the essays.