Take-Home Final Exam

ENG3401 Spring 2022

Prof. Ellis

Final Exam

Instructions:

• Write your answers by hand (print or cursive—just make sure it is legible) on your own paper.
• Write your name on the top of each page.
• Staple your pages together before turning your exam in.
• This is an open-note and open-book take-home exam.
• Your responses must be written by you in your own words. No quoting. No paraphrasing. Plagiarism is, of course, not allowed and will be reported to the college per official policy.

Exam Questions:

1. State and describe the two ways that Anne McGillivray describes to research the relationship between law and literature. Your response should be at least two sentences.
2. Considering “The Corpus Delicti,” who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what is the main legal issue in the story? Your response should be at least four sentences.
3. Considering “The Dog Andrew,” who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what is the main legal issue in the story? Your response should be at least four sentences.
4. Considering “The Juryman,” who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what is the main legal issue in the story? Your response should be at least four sentences.
5. Considering Billy Budd, Sailor,who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least six sentences.
6. Considering The Trial, who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least six sentences.
7. In The Trial, there is the parable toward the end known as “Before the Law.” Tell the parable in your own words and give your own interpretation of what it means. Your response should be at least six sentences.
8. Considering A Passage to India, who wrote it, what is the author’s birth and death dates, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least eight sentences.
9. Considering Little Brother, who wrote it, what is the author’s birth year, when was it published, what is its plot, and what are the main legal issues in the story? Your response should be at least eight sentences.
10. Considering the two-part documentary Frontline: United States of Secrets, briefly recount the history of surveillance after 9/11 and the legal issues involved that serve as context for Little Brother. Your response should be at least eight sentences.