AI and self-plagiarism: yes, you can plagiarize yourself

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1. What is the definition of self-plagiarism?

   1. Submitting a paper written by someone else as your own
   2. Reusing your own previously submitted work in a new assignment without disclosing it
   3. Using too many quotes from published sources in your paper
   4. Copying work from another student without permission

2. How do most schools view self-plagiarism?

   1. They only care if you copy from books, not yourself
   2. They typically count it as a form of cheating
   3. They don't consider it a serious issue
   4. They allow unlimited reuse of your own papers

3. A student wants to use an essay they wrote for English class in their history class. What should they do first?

   1. Ask the teacher for permission before reusing it
   2. Only change the title and submit it
   3. Rewrite the entire thing from memory so it's completely different
   4. Just submit it without saying anything since they wrote it

4. What is one way AI can help you avoid self-plagiarism?

   1. AI can automatically submit your old papers to new classes
   2. AI can compare two drafts and highlight overlapping sentences
   3. AI can write the entire new paper for you in a different voice
   4. AI can delete your old files so you can't reuse them

5. What is a self-citation?

   1. Citing your own previous work when you reuse it
   2. Citing a friend who helped you write the paper
   3. Citing the AI tool that helped you write
   4. Citing a source that agrees with you

6. You have an old science report about volcanoes. You want to use some of the same facts in a new geography project. What's the best approach?

   1. Use the facts but cite your old science report as the source
   2. Copy the facts without changes since they're just facts
   3. Rewrite everything from scratch without looking at your old report
   4. Change three words in each sentence from your old report

7. What does it mean to 'flag overlap' when using AI to check your papers?

   1. AI highlights the parts of your new draft that are too similar to your old one
   2. AI marks all paragraphs that need more details added
   3. AI removes any repeated words from your new paper
   4. AI puts a flag on your desk to remind you to study

8. Why might rewriting a passage with AI help you avoid self-plagiarism?

   1. Because rewriting creates genuinely new content instead of repeated text
   2. Because rewriting always makes the work shorter
   3. Because AI makes the writing sound more formal
   4. Because teachers can't tell when AI was used to rewrite

9. What does academic integrity mean?

   1. Using only sources from your home country
   2. Writing as much as possible in every assignment
   3. Never asking anyone for help with your work
   4. Being honest about where your ideas and words come from

10. If you use AI to completely rewrite a paragraph from your old paper, do you still need to cite yourself?

    1. No, because the words are now different so it's totally new
    2. Only cite if the teacher specifically asks about the old paper
    3. Yes, because the ideas still came from your previous work
    4. No, because AI created the new version

11. A student changes three words in every sentence of their old essay and submits it as new work. Is this self-plagiarism?

    1. No, because they wrote the original words
    2. Only if the teacher notices the similarity
    3. Yes, because the overall content is still from their old work
    4. No, because they changed some words

12. What should you do if you're unsure whether reusing your old work is allowed?

    1. Just hope the teacher doesn't notice
    2. Submit it and explain later if caught
    3. Ask the teacher before submitting
    4. Use AI to hide the similarities better

13. Which of these is an example of self-plagiarism?

    1. Copying a Wikipedia article without citing it
    2. Submitting a paper you wrote last year for a different class without telling the new teacher
    3. Having your parent help you write your essay
    4. Using a famous quote without quotation marks

14. What does it mean to 'disclose' that you're reusing your own work?

    1. Post it on social media for everyone to see
    2. Publish your old paper online
    3. Tell the teacher that some or all of the work was previously submitted
    4. Share your old paper with classmates

15. When might citing yourself be the right solution instead of rewriting?

    1. When your teacher is away
    2. When you don't want to do the work of rewriting
    3. When the ideas are still relevant and valuable to the new assignment
    4. When you want to submit less work