Date of Exam: Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 12:00-1:50 am
The core material of this course includes the assigned reading, lectures, class discussions, and group presentations up to and including the date of 10/6/08, and students will be responsible for all of these on the midterm.
The Midterm Exam accounts for 15% of your total grade in this course, and is open book. This means that you can have with you the texts that we have read up to October 6th, including the printouts of the Grimms' "Cinderella" and the viewing guide to Cinderella, and a small paperback dictionary. You may write in the margins of these texts, and use small post-its (less than 2 inches) to mark important passages. You may not write on the backs of the printouts (you'll need to print out clean copies if you have already done so), nor may you use any other notes, texts, or electronic devices such as palm pilots, laptops, etc.
Please write your exam in blue or black ink only, write clearly and legibly (I can't give credit for anything I'm not able read!), and save at least five minutes to proofread your work. All titles of works, character names and author's names must be spelled correctly to receive full credit.
The exam format will consist of three sections:
I. Objective—Multiple Choice—twenty total items. This section accounts for 40% of the Midterm Exam grade. The BEST CHOICE will be asked for.II. Short Answer: This section accounts for 20% of the Midterm Exam grade, and will consist of five statements or questions which you will be asked to complete with a few words, a name or term, or a short phrase.
III: Identification and Analysis: This section accounts for 40% of the Midterm Exam grade. This section will consist of approximately ten significant quotes (one to two sentences) or images from the texts discussed in class, and will ask you to identify any four of these by naming 1) the author's full name, 2) the complete title of the work, 3) the context of the quote (what is happening in this scene), 4) the quote's point of view (who is speaking), and 5) a brief (one paragraph) analysis of the quote's or image's significance to the work as a whole (how does this quote or image represent important symbols, themes, and/or conflicts within the book/film?). Be sure to number the answers you choose to correspond to the numbers on the exam sheet.
Total points possible for the exam: 100 points.
BE SURE TO:
- Begin with a clear main idea/thesis.
- Keep your organization clear and logical; develop your ideas fully.
- This is an open book exam, so you need to be very specific in your answers and use plenty of examples and specific details, including short direct quotes. (Remember: the main object of an exam is for you to display the range and depth of your knowledge of the material.) Be sure to cite correct page numbers for all quotes. If you use alternate editions for any texts required for class, you will need to add a complete citation for the text at the end of your exam to account for the differences in pagination.
The best way to study is to review your notes and skim the appropriate reading at the same time. As you skim, stop every now and then and imagine how you would identify and comment on the particular passage at which you have stopped. If you can study cooperatively with one or more other students in the class, you can share ideas about how to identify and comment on critical terms and passages from the texts--and get multiple perspectives about how to recognize the works and and what is interesting in them.