The document provides a quiz on cause-and-effect topics and logic. It asks the reader to identify phenomena that need further explanation, characteristics of cause-and-effect reasoning such as being transparent and unified, and two of the five steps in planning a cause-and-effect essay which are selecting a topic and narrowing/researching the topic. The next section provides homework instructions for a final exam on December 18th to study past quiz questions. It also provides instructions for an in-class writing assignment on December 14th to write a 300-word essay on one of five provided cause-and-effect topics.