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.

As we discussed in class last week and had unanimous support from those present, we are changing some of the due dates and modality of the final exam to give everyone more time to demonstrate what they have learned and researched this semester.

First, the final exam is now a take-home final exam. I will give this out in class on Wednesday, May 11 and it will be due the following week on Wednesday, May 18. Since it is a take-home exam, I will have higher expectations about what you write and how much you write in response to the questions. But, the trade off is that you will have access to your notes and texts. All of your responses must be handwritten.

Second, the research paper’s due date has been moved from Wednesday, May 11 to Wednesday, May 18. It should be printed out, stapled, and handed in on the last day of class.

Third, the research presentation’s due date has been moved from Wednesday, May 11 to Wednesday, May 18. During the last class, each student will have between 5-10 minutes to give an oral presentation supported by a visual slideshow deck (using Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Slides, etc.). As discussed, all images that you use in the presentation’s visual component must be made by you–you may not use images scrounged online.

Fourth, we will continue with some background on Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother this week and then discuss the novel as a whole on Wednesday, May 11. You should come to class having completed the novel by then.

All of these changes have been made to the syllabus, so you can reference them there, too.

Topics

Wed, Mar. 23

Lecture: Introduce A Passage to India.

For next class:

Weekly Memorandum (write about your reaction to the first part of A Passage to India. Keep your remarks focused on the novel and use our viewing of the film as a way to help better understand the characters, setting, and narrative. You will have an opportunity to write about the relationship of the film and novel in a future Weekly Memo assignment).

Forster, E.M.. A Passage to India. Edward Arnold & Co., 1924, part 2: Caves. Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Passage_to_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster