I'll bet that will be true of your students, too. We also are committed to intrinsic motivation for learning. That means that we want to de-emphasize testing, to give the students more sense of learning for learning's sake. Pass is a law school term. But then we offer them at least one plausible answer.
Most teachers never try to answer their own essay questions.
And our students were bewildered. E-mail us that they have Prepared that reading. They amount to a synopsis of the readings. This means that they come to class with at the very least minimal preparation. Also, because of my students' particular situation, I encourage them to Prepare after the class discussion, and still send me notice of that preparation.