IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE READINESS IS ALL; OR PREPARING FOR THE FINAL EXAM

General Instructions:  a) For Scrantron—Green Scantron—(Part I), write your full name, your TA’s name, your section day and time, and ALL answers; use #2 pencil only. Fill in/erase completely.  b) For the Bluebook(s) (Part II and III), again write your full name, your TA’s name, your section day and time. Write in pen and write legibly.  c) Hand in Scantron and Bluebook(s) separately to your TA.  d) Remember: “The readiness is all.”

Part I. Multiple Choice [Scantron ONLY]  a) Select the best possible answer for the following. [1 point each answer; total of 25 possible points]

Part II: Quote Identification & Significance [Bluebook ONLY]  Choose five (5) of the seven (7) quotes to identify. For your selected five, complete the following with bullet points:  1) Correctly identify the speaker. [1 point each]  2) Correctly identify the play. [1 point each]  3) Provide three points of specific and important significance. [2 points each; 6 points possible]  If you complete more than five of the passages, only the first five will be graded.  [Total of 40 possible points]

Part III: Essay [Bluebook ONLY]  Select only one (1) essay question from the following. For your selected question, draft a well-crafted, insightful, and concise argumentative thesis and essay. Your essay should demonstrate connections and significance among three selected plays. In addition to a unified thesis, we seek a) originality, b) familiarity with the works, c) quotation of the works and analyses of those quotations (if you can’t remember the exact quote, give a close approximation), and d) understanding of the works. [Total of 35 possible points]

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthronèd in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God’s When mercy seasons justice.

Which of the following is true of the literary history of Hamlet? a) It was written on the cusp between the 16 th and 17 th centuries b) It is definitely considered to be one of Shakespeare’s “late” plays c) It marks the birth of modern psychological drama d) A and C e) All of the above

Of the following suitors hoping to win the love of Bianca, which one does not disguise himself as a tutor? a) Tranio b) Gremio c) Lucentio d) Hortensio e) Petruchio

Which of the following happens in the play-within-the-play in BOTH Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream? a) A player directly addresses an audience member b) An audience member flees from the performance c) A male actor plays a female part on stage d) An audience member climbs on stage to participate with the actors e) None of the above

Complete the analogy: John of Gaunt: Bolingbroke :: Duke of York:______ a) Richard II b) Duke of Gloucester c) Mowbray d) Aumerle e) Queen Isabel

Identify the speaker of the following quotation: “I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in.” a) Laertes b) Claudius c) The ghost of King Hamlet d) Yorick e) None of the above

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