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LIT 216 Final Exam
1. All they want is my voice. Well, I done learned that, and they gonna treat me like I want to be treated no matter how much it hurt them. They back there now calling me all kinds of names ... calling me everything but a child of god. But they can’t do nothing else. They ain’t got what they wanted yet.
*2. All the charms of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you, For I am all the subjects you have, Which first was mine own king …
3. I want no more solos. I crave duets. The joy of a trio. The harmony of a quartet. The totality of an orchestra. Home. I head for home! Duets! Trios! A quartet! Yes, even an orchestra. Make some music out of my life. I descend on my garden. I am home.
*4. In the poor photographer’s home the roof is low, I know that well. And the circumstances are narrow. But I am an inventor … the breadwinner for my family – and that lifts me above my surroundings.
5. Just a strip of paper along the back – (Cuts and glues.) Far be it from me to deprive other people of what belongs to them. Least of all a destitute old man. Or – any other person. There, now! Let that stand for a few minutes. And when it’s dry, take it away. I never want to see the thing again. Never!
6. … no man on earth is truly free. All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform. But since your fears make you defer to the mob, let a slave set you free from what you fear.
7. [Speaker 1]: No, no, I implore you, no! Do what you like to me, I’ll take her place. [Speaker 2]: Could a mother’s love go further? All the same, I’m going to slay the victim. [Speaker 1]: My child! My child! Quick, Manya, the bowl -- at least I’ll catch my baby’s blood.
8. Sure. Legally. I been married legally. Got the paper and all. I done been through life. Made my marks. Followed some signs on the road. Ignored some others. I done been all through it. I touched and been touched by it. But I ain’t never been the same fool twice. That’s what I can say.
9. a. Whom does Mnesilochus rescue in the second act of Aristophanes’ The Poet and the Women? b. How does he start off trying to pull off the rescue? c. What does he end up doing to accomplish it? (2 points each: running total 22)
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10. Define each of the following and give some detail connected with it from a play you read for this class: (3 points each: running total 28)
a. parabasis
*b. parodos
11. In this class, you have come across two different characterizations of the Thracians. Who are Thracians? Who is the author of characterization of them? (1 point each)
Explain how the two versions of them differ (2 points: running total 32)
a) Who are Thracians?
b) author 1: c) author 2:
d) Thracians by author 1 behave how?
while Thracians by author 2 behave how?
12. Conacher explains which parts of the Hecuba he believes were part of the mythical stories about Hecuba, and which parts he thought were innovated by Euripides. Identify one of each. (2 points each: running total 36)
a. Part of the legend of Hecuba:
b. Innovated by Euripides:
13. List two characters in Marco Polo Sings a Solo who talk about men in raincoats, and explain briefly what they say (2 points each: running total 40)
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14. Explain Ma Rainey’s reasons for each of the following. (2 points each: running total 44)
a. being late
b. singing her song Cutler’s way
*15. Who are Ceres and Iris (1 point each) ? What is their role in The Tempest (2 points)? (running total 48)
a. Ceres
b. Iris
c. their role
*16. Briefly explain the conflicting views of two characters (in each case, name the characters) in The Wild Duck on each of the following topics. (3 points each) (running total 57)
a. the wild duck
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b. the death of Hedvig
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c. old man Werle
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17. Identify the following: (1 point each) (running total 60)
a. Polymestor
b. Marco Polo
*c. Relling
Part Two
Use the backs of the exam pages to answer two of the following four questions. (25 points each: running total 100)
*1. You have been asked to direct a production of The Wild Duck which is to be performed by masked actors. Why would this be appropriate? Apply what you know about Peter Hall’s production of The Oresteia to the work by Ibsen. Bring in relevant concepts from Elizabeth Burns.
Be sure to follow the following rules in your essay, or else you will receive little or no credit!
Rules:
1) refer to specific ideas stated by Burns.
2) refer to specific things that happen in The Oresteia and/or ideas discussed by Hall in his introductory overview of the production.
3) refer to specific things that happen in The Wild Duck
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2. Write an essay analyzing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom according to the ideas of Bakhtin. Your analysis should not be a list, or even an annotated list. It should be an essay with a thesis and evidence for that thesis.
Be sure to follow the following rules in your essay, or else you will receive little or no credit!
Rules:
1) refer to specific ideas stated by Bakhtin. Be sure you do not limit yourself only to ideas that appear on this exam!
2) refer to specific things that happen in the play.
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3. Compare Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom with Euripides’ Helen in terms of the episodic flow of the play. Your comparison should not be a list, or even an annotated list. It should be an essay with a thesis and evidence for that thesis. It should include at last three of the following issues (underline them as they come up):
a) how the words climactic or episodic apply to these plays.
b) the use of religion or ritual in each play.
c) how each play uses storytelling, and the conflict created when two people tell different versions of the same story.
d) the use of violence and suspense in each play.
Be sure to follow the following rule in your essay, or else you will receive little or no credit!
Rule:
1) refer to specific things that happen in the plays.
4. Both the comic worlds created by Aristophanes and Guare in terms of: characterization b. plot c. language d. irony and e. message. In your comparison, use concepts derived from Bakhtin, Burns or Henderson.
Rules:
1) refer to specific ideas stated by Bakhtin, Burns or Henderson. Be sure you do not limit yourself only to ideas that appear on this exam!
2) refer to specific things that happen in the plays.