Semi-Final Exams- LIT 006

LIT 006- Mythology and Folklore

1.      What do you think is Odysseus' worst action of his wanderings and why? Limit your essay to less than 200 words. 20 points

2.      Why is Odysseus looked to as a powerful representation of the mythic hero? Identify instances or situations that made him represented this way. Limit your essay to than less 200 words. 20 points

3.      Using a diagram or map , compare and contrast the character of Achilles from Hector. 20 points

4.      Is the central conflict of the Iliad an internal or external one—that is, does the epic concern itself more with a conflict inside a person or more with a conflict outside of a person? What is your idea on this? Limit your essay to less than 300 words. 20 points

Rubric on Essay Writing for Blog

Organization  -5

Content          -8

Diction            -5

Mechanics     -2

                        20 points

 Last day of posting of your exams on your blogs will be on  February 28, 2010.

Semi-Final Exam LIT 004

LIT 004- Teaching of Literature

1.      Everyone has met Richard Cory. Someone who suffers inner turmoil but appears outwardly calm.How did you deal with such personality? Write a descriptive essay about this idea.  (There is no need to mention the person's name.) Limit to 300 words only. 35 points

2.      Compare and contrast Miniver with Richard Cory. Miniver Cheevy is the subject of another Robinson poem. Click here to read the poem of Edwin Arlington Robinson. Limit to 200 words only. 30 points.

3.      Suppose you have already discussed the poem Miniver Cheevy in your class. Construct 4 questions that would process students understanding about the theme of the poem. 20 points.

Last day of posting of your exams on your blogs will be on  February 28, 2010.

Richard Cory By Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)

Miniver Cheevy

Miniver Cheevy by Edwin Arlington Robinson

 Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn, 
  Grew lean while he assailed the seasons; 
He wept that he was ever born, 
  And he had reasons.


 Miniver loved the days of old        
  When swords were bright and steeds were prancing; 
The vision of a warrior bold,
Would set him dancing.

Miniver sighed for what was not,   And dreamed, and rested from his labors;     He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,   And Priam’s neighbors.

Miniver mourned the ripe renown 
  That made so many a name so fragrant; 
He mourned Romance, now on the town,          
  And Art, a vagrant.

Miniver loved the Medici,   Albeit he had never seen one;  He would have sinned incessantly    Could he have been one.        

Miniver cursed the commonplace 
  And eyed a khaki suit with loathing; 
He missed the mediaeval grace 
  Of iron clothing.

Miniver scorned the gold he sought,       
  But sore annoyed was he without it;  Miniver thought, and thought, and thought,    And thought about it.

Miniver Cheevy, born too late,    Scratched his head and kept on thinking;          Miniver coughed, and called it fate,    And kept on drinking.