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ENG 110Midterm GuideThe exam is worth 250 points.EXAM: Tuesday 10/10This exam may cover all texts on the syllabus up to and including The Faerie Queene. This includes not only literary texts but also the assigned historical and cultural readings in the NortonAnthology. The exam will also cover material discussed in class as well as on PowerPoints.1. You should know the historical time periods, their dates, and be able to place texts in their historical period and sub-period: Middle Ages (Anglo Saxon, Middle English), and Sixteenth Century.. You should memorize these authors and titles. Spelling counts.Middle AgesAnglo-SaxonUnknown, “The Dream of the Rood”Unknown, “Beowulf”Middle EnglishJulian of Norwich, “A Book of Showings”Margery Kempe, “The Book of Margery Kempe”Sixteenth CenturyElizabeth I, “The Golden Speech”Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene”2. You should be able to define and explain all of the terms from class lectures. These terms are especially important.Middle AgesMedievalAnglo-SaxonPaganismOld EnglishPersonificationSyncretismAlliterative VerseHeroic CodeWeregild vir dolorumAffective PietyAnchorite/AnchoressChristocentric EroticismHomelyProtestant ReformationIndulgencesElizabeth IDivine Right of KingsVernacularSpanish ArmadaSpenserian StanzaAllegoryEpicEpic simileFall of MankindHarrowing of HellThe exam will consist of two parts: 1. Matching (10 items x 5 points each, total 50 points)In this section, you will match terms with their definitions and/or examples. There will be more definitions/examples than terms.2. Passage identification and explication (4 items at 50 points each, total 200 points)I will provide six passages on the exam. You will need to select four (of the six) and identify the author and the title of the work (spelling counts). Then you will explain in 4-5 sentences how the passage exemplifies key issues discussed in class relating to a theme in the work and/or historicalevent. Make sure that you offer a close reading of the words in the passage. Connecting the passage to thematically-similar elements from elsewhere in the source text is required.Aim for depth, sophistication, and complexity in your answers. Do not settle for the simplest andmost surface-level answer. Dig deeply into the language and draw intricate connections between the passage and themes in the work.Author: Title: “Now I know in part: but then I shall know as also I am known. And now there remain faith, hope, charity; these three, but the greater of these is charity”____________________________________________________________________On the Exam, I will provide this answer outline to help you compose your explications.[1] The answer above starts by providing the context for the quote. You might explain where and when these lines appear in a story or book? Who speaks the lines and why?[2] The answer in the second sentence further explains the meaning of the quote and refers to certain words in the passage. This answer should demonstrate that you understand the quote on the literal level.[3] The answer in the third and fourth sentences further explicates the passage, proving that the student understands a deeper meaning in the lines and its cultural context. The student should explore a key term or idea in the passage that links to other themes in the text. Thestudent should also connect the passage to a historical or cultural phenomenon in the period. This means that students should know the historical context of each work as well as its author and


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