E12: Final
Exam Preview
2015
Purpose
 The
goal of the final exam is to assess a
student’s knowledge, understanding, and
skill based on content learned over the
course of the semester
 The final exam is comprehensive; it
evaluates a student’s understanding of all
of the units and skills taught this semester
 Do you remember?
 Can you read British literature?
 Can you write?
The Objective Section
 70 multiple-choice questions (50% recall/50% skill)
 Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons: 10 Qs
 Beowulf, Critical Reading: 10 Qs
 Passage from Beowulf we read in class
 The Canterbury Tales and the Middle Ages: 10 Qs
 The Canterbury Tales, Critical Reading: 10 Qs
 Unread passage from The Tales
 Hamlet and Shakespeare’s Theatre: 15 Qs
 Critical Reading: 15 Qs
 Shakespearean passage, but not from Hamlet
The Constructed Response Paragraph
 One
question
 If you know the answers to the objective
section of the exam, you will know how to
answer the writing prompt
 Your paragraph should be a minimum of
eight sentences in length and
demonstrate an understanding of the
subject matter requested in the prompt
Scoring
Objective:
70 multiple-choice Qs
1 point each
Score will be doubled
Constructed Response: One prompt
20 points
Overall Final Exam: 160 points
Approximately 25% of the
Proficiency category (which
accounts for 75% of your grade)
Review
 Review
Beowulf and notes on the AngloSaxon Period (#3 and #4)
 Review The Canterbury Tales and notes on
the pilgrims and the Middle Ages (#5 and
#6)
 Review Hamlet and notes on
Shakespeare’s Theatre (#7)
 Review Notes #2: Literary Terms
 Complete the optional study guides for
Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales
Types of Recall Questions
Proper
nouns (names of
characters, places, things, etc.)
Key
terms (literary, historical,
etc.)
Plot
and characters