The midterm will be held on Friday, October 22 during our usual section meetings and at our usual section times. The exam will consist of two questions and will take the full 50 minute period:

Question I: Identifications: Choose from 3 out of 5; leave out 2 (suggested time = 10 minutes per extract = 30 minutes. 10 points per extract = 30 points)
--This question consists of five extracts taken from the literature we have covered during the first nine weeks of the semester. Each will give a citation of no less than four lines from a literary work. Emphasis will be given to the texts that have been discussed during the lectures, especially those that were not included in the first essay assignment. You may leave out two extracts, so you will have some choice.
--You will be asked to identify the author and work giving the full name of each, correctly spelled.
--You must then briefly place the extract in context and summarize in three of four sentences the significance of each quotation for the work in which it appears. It will not be adequate simply to paraphrase or translate the citation or the work into your own words. Instead, you must show evidence of your familiarity with the work as a whole, its significance as you understand it, and the function that the extract performs within the work.

Question II: Paragraphs (20 mins / 20 points: 10 x 2)
--You will be given a list of topics from which you should choose two.
--Emphasis in this question will be placed on the Victorian Age.
--You should write a brief essay (no more than two pages, or sheet sides, of your answer book) on each topic in which you discuss its literary and cultural significance within either the Romantic Period, or the Victorian Age, or both. Special credit will be given to those who present a balance between familiarity with a good range of literary material as well as a grasp of interesting intellectual problems.

[These instructions will be repeated on the question paper--you do not have to memorize them!]

Total points: 30 + 20 = 50 ÷ 2 = 25% of course grade.