Culture Shock! #1 - Japanese Exams in Japan?

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Culture Shock! #1: Japanese Exams in Japan?

Today, my Japanese class had the most confusing test I have ever taken.
No, not hard-confusing. Just confusing-confusing.

As in, for the first hour or so of class, we went over the assigned homework. This included listening to dictations, fill-in-the-blanks, and multiple choice. And, we went over all the answers, so everyone had the correct ones.

Then, we had a test. Directly after. And... To my utmost confusion, it was the exact same questions as the homework we had gone over 30 seconds before.

At first, it seemed like it was a trick. Maybe you were /supposed/ to think that it was the same, then they'd catch you, and you get them all wrong. Sounds like something instructors would do (and have been known to do), right??

Nope. It was the same. Exactly the same.

My Japanese Sensei at UW who works so hard to make very challenging exams would be appalled. I was, myself. Lol :P Is this really how Japanese exams in Japan are?! Time will only tell, when I experience the rest of the exams this semester. x) All I know, is it makes me slightly tempted to get credit for these classes (and thus, a bunch of awesome grades, hopefully!), instead of basically auditing them like I currently am planning on doing.... ^^