Part I: Vocabulary from chapters 1-9 (including classical roots). 20 items. Matching. 1 point each.
Part II: Literary Terms--from your Literature & Composition textbooks. Review chapters 1-5. Multiple choice. 10 items worth 2 points each.
Part III: Short answer. 6 sections. Select 5 of the 6. Each section will have a quotation and questions about that passage. These are the six categories (though not necessarily in this order):
Agamemnon
Know the name of the author. Know the main players. Know important themes.
Medea
Know the name of the author and that the play was ground-breaking, that is, iconoclastic. Know the themes and the important characters and the plot.
The Short Story: It might come from one of three sources: "The Dead" or "Araby"--both by James Joyce; "Young Goodman Brown"--by Nataniel Hawthorne. Know basic plots, main characters, and names of stories and authors.
The Poem: Selections will come from one of the four following:
"The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot (and yes, spelling counts in all; in this case, note the one "l").
"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats (note the placement of vowels; this also must be spelled correctly)
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes, a member of the Harlem Renaissance
"The New Colossus," a sonnet about our wonderful country by Emma Lazarus
The No Drama. Know the name of the play we read, who wrote it, and who the major players are and what they do. Know about the theme--a Zen Buddhist one.
"Everyman." Medieval play. Allegorical. Know the basic plot and the main characters and which character helps Everyman to win at the end.
Part IV: The Essay. You will be given a short poem. You will write an essay analyzing that poem--30
Part II: Literary Terms--from your Literature & Composition textbooks. Review chapters 1-5. Multiple choice. 10 items worth 2 points each.
Part III: Short answer. 6 sections. Select 5 of the 6. Each section will have a quotation and questions about that passage. These are the six categories (though not necessarily in this order):
Agamemnon
Know the name of the author. Know the main players. Know important themes.
Medea
Know the name of the author and that the play was ground-breaking, that is, iconoclastic. Know the themes and the important characters and the plot.
The Short Story: It might come from one of three sources: "The Dead" or "Araby"--both by James Joyce; "Young Goodman Brown"--by Nataniel Hawthorne. Know basic plots, main characters, and names of stories and authors.
The Poem: Selections will come from one of the four following:
"The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot (and yes, spelling counts in all; in this case, note the one "l").
"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats (note the placement of vowels; this also must be spelled correctly)
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes, a member of the Harlem Renaissance
"The New Colossus," a sonnet about our wonderful country by Emma Lazarus
The No Drama. Know the name of the play we read, who wrote it, and who the major players are and what they do. Know about the theme--a Zen Buddhist one.
"Everyman." Medieval play. Allegorical. Know the basic plot and the main characters and which character helps Everyman to win at the end.
Part IV: The Essay. You will be given a short poem. You will write an essay analyzing that poem--30
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