‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
Philadelphia University
Faculty of Arts
Department of English
Examination Sheet
PART 1:
A : Information
Name: Student's
Semester:
Tutor's Name: Dr. Mohammad Aljayyousi
Time: 11:30 – 1:30
Examination:
1st
Student's No. :
Academic year :
Module Title : Special Topics
Date: 2/2/2014
2nd
Module No:
Day: Sun.
Final
-The exam consists of four categories and the total mark is (40).
- Each question has its own mark.
-The answer must be written clearly.
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:
Question
Minutes
Total point
1.
50
22
2.
40
18
3.
4.
5.
90
40
Total
Points Earned
D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )
E- Tutor's Remarks:
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PART II : Questions
FIRST Category :Knowledge and Understanding
The aim of these questions is to asses the basic knowledge and skills the student acquired.
Question (I) (22 points)
Define the following terms: (10 points)
Subculture / subplot / non-diagetic elements / the sign / voiceover
Intellectual Skills
Second Category : (Cognitive and Analytical)
The aim of these questions is to assess the students’ ability to recognize and analyze information.
Question (II)
Read the following plot review of the movie "The matrix" 1999 and then the quotation and answer
the following questions: (20 points)
1. What is the genre of the movie? Explain your answer with reference to the standards of
classifying movies.
2. in a well-organized paragraph, discuss the quote and its thematic implications.
3. Apply one of the literary approaches to it and discuss in a well-organized paragraph.
Plot summary:
Thomas Anderson is a computer programmer who maintains a double life as the hacker "Neo". Another hacker
named Trinity contacts Neo and informs him that a man named Morpheus can tell him the meaning of "the Matrix",
a phrase that Neo has encountered repeatedly online but does not understand.
However, three dark-suited Agents, led by Agent Smith, appear determined to prevent Neo from finding out the
meaning of the phrase "The Matrix." Neo eventually meets Morpheus, who warns that once he shows Neo the
Matrix, he will not be able to "go back". Neo accepts by choosing an offered red pill; his reality soon disintegrates
and he abruptly wakes, naked and weak, in a liquid-filled vessel, finding himself one of billions of people
connected by cables to an elaborate electrical system. He is rescued and brought aboard Morpheus' levitating
ship, the Nebuchadnezzar.
Morpheus explains that in the 21st century, humans waged a war against intelligent machines they had created.
When humans blocked the machines' access to solar energy, the machines instead harvest the
humans' bioelectricity as a substitute power source, while keeping them trapped in "the Matrix", a
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shared simulation of the world as it was in 1999, in which Neo has been living since birth. Morpheus and his crew
belong to a group who can hack into the Matrix and "unplug" enslaved humans, recruiting them as rebels. The
rebels' understanding of the true nature of the simulated reality allows them to bend its physical laws, granting
them seemingly superhuman abilities. Neo is warned that fatal injuries within the Matrix will also kill one's physical
body, and that the Agents he encountered are powerful sentient programs that eliminate threats to the system.
Neo's skill during virtual combat training lends credence to Morpheus' belief that Neo is "the One", a man
prophesized to end the war between humans and machines.
Quote:
Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit
hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he
is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
Neo: No.
Morpheus: Why not?
Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.
Morpheus: I know *exactly* what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because
you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life,
that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter
in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm
talking about?
Neo: The Matrix.
Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is?
Neo: Yes.
Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it
when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to
work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over
your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison
that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.
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Question III.
Based on our class discussions and readings, discuss some problems related to the
adaptation of novels into movies such as fidelity, subjectivity, and Intertexuality. (10
points)
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