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So here are the questions for my final exam (yes they give it to us in advance) for World Literature or Comp 100.
Part 1 (10%): Identify or explain, in a sentence or two, five of the following: terms/names of characters/places
Part 2 (40%): Identify, explain the meaning, analyze the language, and relate 4 of the following quotes to their original texts. To deal with each quote you need to write a coherent paragraph: 6 quotes, choose 4 and write 4 things about it. Identify title and author (title of long pieces- underline, title of short pieces- quotations). Wha's the purpose of the quote, why did instructor's name choose quote, why is that quote important in overall context of text. Relate passage to overall meaning.
Part 3 (50%): Write a coherent and well argued essay of about 400-500 words on one of the following topics: 6 topics. Choose one. Compare three texts.
REVISE
Exam time- 2 hours
Here the topics I can choose from for my English exam. I have to write two five hundred word essays and cannot use the same work twice.
1. Many of the women in the texts we have studied are definied by the men with whom they interact. Do you agree? Refer to at least 3 works from the course as part of your answer.
2. Compare the importance of setting in 3 works from the course. What is impact of setting on action and character in each text?
3. Dicuss the similarities and differences between A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Importance of Being Earnest. How does each play achieve its resolution.
4. The writer Flannery O'Connor discusses the nature of symbols "...details that while having their essential place in the literal level of the story, operate in depth as well as on the surface, increasing the story in every direction." Using the idea as the basis for your essay compare the use of symbols in 3 works from the course.
5. The ending of a work of fiction can say a great deal about that work and how you respond to it. Using 3 works from the course, discuss the nature of their respective endings, and how successfully the ambiguity or lack of ambiguity of those ending provides a sense of closure to the events.
6. Compare the use of authority and control in 3 works from the course. What is the nature of that authority and how does it contribute to the conflict in each work?
7. Discuss how Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness challenges a conventional understanding of gender and gender relations.
8. Discuss the importance of social class in 1 novel and another work from the course. How does social class figure into the interaction among the characters and how does it contribute to the ending of each work.
9. The study of narrative involves the way in which a story is told. Using 2 works from the course, discuss the impact of narrative on our reading of those particular texts.
10. Discuss the importance of sexual tension in at least 2 works from the course. How does such tension contribute to both the conflict and the resolution of each text.
REVISE
Exam time- 2-3 hours