Testing Gone Wrong

My buddy Friar Dave is a grad student/TA at a major university, and whenever he's called upon to grade exams, he gives me the blooper reel, so to speak. Here's the highlights from his grading of an introductory medieval history exam.

Friar Dave: it's test time, Fly
The Fly: LOL
The Fly: Okay?
Friar Dave: ive got some jewells for you
The Fly: Ahhhhh. Lay it on me.
Friar Dave: The hundred years war is "a battle back and forth between England and France. This had a huge impact on society and politics. It affected society because France and England were at war with each other."
Friar Dave: here's a case a man BSing just to fill space and repeating himself needlessly
The Fly: ROFL
The Fly: Nice!
Friar Dave: the next three all come from one test
The Fly: Okay.
Friar Dave: Lay investiture - This took place in the 12th century.
Friar Dave: (next answer) Danse Macabre - This took place in the 12th century.
The Fly: ROFL
Friar Dave: first is a little right, second not at all
The Fly: Okay.
Friar Dave: his next entry on the wall of shame ended up being rather right on eventually, he just had some spelling, grammatical issues getting off the ground:
Friar Dave: (a few later) Moses Maimonides - A Jewish from Egypt who tried to fit philosophy and Jerlisu--… (WHAT?)
The Fly: LOL
Friar Dave: and last at this point deserves a short explanation. the Danse Macabre in real life was a painting or genre of paintings showing the grim reaper coming for folk...rich and poor the same
Friar Dave: somebody's answer?
Friar Dave: Danse Macabre - "the dance of death" during the Black Plaque mass groups of people would get together and perform this dance in order to "keep the plaque away. "
The Fly: LOL
The Fly: The plaque, eh? So the grim reaper was... A dentist!
Friar Dave: ok ok
Friar Dave: so the TA isnt the best speller either
The Fly: Hehehe
The Fly: Oh, okay.
The Fly: YOu meant "plague"?
Friar Dave: i did mean plague
The Fly: Okay.
The Fly: These aren't bad.
Friar Dave: i agree. the best ive had in a while
Friar Dave: unfortunately, it makes the overall process rather slow while i mark them down
The Fly: I bet!

Friar Dave: update:
Friar Dave: from the same student: in discussing guilds and how they look after their own, this student described them as "kind of like a medieval mob"
Friar Dave: and later: Maimonides -- He wrote a book.
The Fly: Niiiiice.

Friar Dave: how does this work? Moses Maimonides -- A muslim rabbi

Friar Dave: from at least 3 people
The Fly: Wow.
Friar Dave: Eleanor of Aquitaine - She had 11 children. That's all in know.
Friar Dave: Lay investiture - Hens would lay eggs and invest them in companies happy to earn a profit.

Friar Dave: (this is off the top of my head, i didnt write it down): Maimonides -- famous for bringing the ten commandments down from God. Was a hero to the Jews. Become famous for helping the Jews escape from the Romans.

Friar Dave: my fellow TA's and I have been sharing bad answers
Friar Dave: here's an email from amy
Friar Dave: since we are sharing ... (these all came from the same exam)

guilds: places where one must go to the restroom. the date invented: 1149.

4th lateran council: the council that came after the third. the meeting was to establish and settle a war. half the men in this council were gay. four had children.

eleanor of aquitaine: she kicked ass [I gave the student a 1/2 point for that since it's true]. I believe she had a bunch of protesters towards her husband slaughtered in a giant arena. if i'm wrong, then it was another bad ass chick.

danse macabre: a book

new men: young men who joined the army who were not of fighting age. it's what happens when your country loses and sucks at fighting. ha, ha.

For what it's worth, Moses Maimonides was a Jew during the Middle Ages who wrote commentaries on the works of Aristotle, and was largely responsible for the reintroduction of Aristotle's stuff into academia. However, kudos to him for also getting the Ten Commandments from God and helping the Jews escape from the Romans; these accomplishments spanned several millennia, as well as bridging the gap between reality and complete fantasy.