EIH: Final Exam Review
May 2010
Format: 120 Multiple Choice Questions
Short Answer
Double Focus Mini Essay
Literature: Multiple Choice
Short Stories
“Chaser,” “Poor Fish,” “Saboteur,” “The Censors,” “Third Night,” “The Book of Sand,”
“A Meeting in the Dark,” and “Demon Lover”
Study tips: Review notes about each story; pay special attention to the topic that was
discussed in connection with each story (for example “The Censors” was discussed in
connection with conflict and irony). Topics were listed on the syllabus. Review marked
passages.
Persepolis
Multiple choice questions will cover major characters, events, topics of class discussion
and themes.
Study tips: Review McCloud packet. Review class notes and highlighted passages and
images for plot and key ideas/ themes.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This section will involve multiple choice questions about the play and also questions
about a specific passage that will be provided to you on the exam.
Study tips: Review study guide questions, worksheets, and passages marked as key
quotes.
Things Fall Apart
This section will involve multiple choice questions based on plot elements. Know major
characters and events from the story and be familiar with important quotes and cultural
elements we discussed in class.
Study tips: Look back over marginal notes and class notes.
Poetry
You will be given a new poem to test your poetry analysis skills. Questions will ask you
to apply terms to the poem and interpret major ideas/themes.
Study tips: Know terms and be prepared to apply them.
Literary Terms: Matching
You should be able to identify the term by definition and by examples from works that
we have read.
Study tips: Make and use flashcards
Prose – plot, foreshadowing, exposition, internal conflict, external conflict, theme,
setting, direct characterization, indirect characterization, first person p.o.v., 3rd person
limited p.o.v., 3rd person omniscient p.o.v., irony, symbol, suspense
Shakespeare- comedy, blank verse, farce, malapropism, pun, dramatic irony, aside,
soliloquy, monologue, groundlings, The Globe theater
Poetry terms – simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, assonance, repetition,
rhyme scheme, meter, Shakespearean/English sonnet, Petrarchan/Italian sonnet, stanza,
free verse, narrative poem, speaker, tone
Grammar: Multiple Choice
Clauses
Know kinds of clauses and be able to punctuate sentences correctly.
Study Tips: Review exercises in packet.
Vocab: Multiple Choice
Sentence Completion questions covering Units 11- 20.
Study tips: Make and use flashcards. List definitions and examples.
Final Exam Double Focus Essay
For the exam, you will need to answer ONE of the following questions in a well-reasoned, double focus
mini-essay. The following prompts serve as starting points; you will need to arrive at your own original
judgment. Be sure to support your ideas with clear and specific examples. Prepare your ideas in advance
by outlining on the opposite side of this sheet. On the day of the exam you may bring a note card with your
topic sentence and a brief list of three examples or quotes you will use. This card may not contain any
complete sentences other than your topic sentence or any extra information (evidence, analysis) for
the essay. It will be collected and graded along with your essay.
1. Pick one literary device (you might consider point of view, setting, characterization, or irony) and
explain how two authors use it similarly to help readers arrive at a better understanding of other cultures or
beliefs. You might consider “The Censors”, “Saboteur”, “A Meeting in the Dark”, Persepolis and Things
Fall Apart.
2. Issues of power have recurred in many of the texts we studied this semester. Power can be derived from
various sources such as age, gender, knowledge, or social status and can be used in ways that vary from a
positive source of influence to a destructive use of force. Analyze the source of power or the use of power
in two of the works we have read this semester. You might consider “Poor Fish”, “Saboteur”, “The
Censors,” “Book of Sand,” “A Meeting in the Dark”, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Persepolis and Things
Fall Apart.
Use the reverse side of this page to outline your ideas. It would be a good idea to do some pre-writing on a
separate piece of paper first to try out some initial ideas. All work should reflect your own original
thought. Collaborating or consulting sources are not acceptable for this assignment; your judgment and
examples should be your own ideas.
Exam – Spring 2009
Essay Pre-Writing
Double Focus Topic Sentence (Limited subject, judgment, focus A, focus B):
Focus A:
Example 1
ANALYSIS:
Example 2
ANALYSIS:
Focus B:
Example 1
ANALYSIS:
Example 2
ANALYSIS:
Final Exam Grammar Review/Practice
Independent Clause:
Dependent Clause:
Sentence fragment:
Phrase:
Label the following as I for independent clause, D for dependent clause, or NC for not a clause.
1. That she is impossible to please makes it difficult to live with her.
2. Her courage is admired by many but her actions are admired by none.
3. Pete said that he plans to go away for the summer; he plans to go to Ireland.
4. Because he wanted to go away, he decided to get a part–time job so that he could save some money.
5. Once he began working, he grew tired of the menial tasks he was required to perform.
6. His mother who he admired greatly encouraged him to continue working for two more months.
7. The woman who ran the store drove him insane though.
8. After saving enough money for his plane ticket Pete happily resigned.
9. Pete grinned from ear to ear as he quit.
10. Run to the store.
Mark the punctuation of clauses in the following sentences as correct or incorrect.
1. Although we lost the game our coach was still proud of us.
2. Fred, who practices his free throws everyday is steadily improving his game.
3. My parents let me go to the concert, provided I was home by midnight.
4. When we were on vacation, it rained every day.
5. The dog, that ate our newspaper, was sick for a week.
6. His sister, whose turn it was to take out the garbage, suddenly pretended to be ill.
7. We gave the award to Jimmy who was the team’s most valuable player.
8. He ate the cake that was meant for the party.
9. We can leave for the game as soon, as this TV show is over.
10. Because, he would not clean his room Tom was grounded for a week.