CC 303/352: Classical Mythology

Guidelines for Final Exam: Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 9-12

• Note that your final exam is scheduled at a different time and in a different room from our normal classes: GEO 100. (just north east of the MLK statue on the East Mall).
• Be sure to bring a blue book to the test. Exams not written in a blue book will not be accepted.
• Your test will have three parts:

1. A: 5 very brief essay questions, from which you must choose 4. One question each is drawn from the myths of Thebes, Troy, Mycenae, Odysseus, and Rome. Each of these questions requires both that you know the relevant myths and that you can apply ideas we have discussed in class to an analysis of those myths. Each of these esssays will be worth 10 points. Note that each of these questions will draw on material covered since the last exam.
2. B: A longer essay question in which you will apply a central theme we have discussed this semester to 3 separate myths: one from the myths we covered before and just after the first exam (creation and gods), one from the central hero myths we covered before the second exam (Perseus, Heracles, Theseus, Jason), and one from the myths we have studied since the second exam (Thebes, Troy, Mycenae, Odysseus, and Rome). This essay is worth 30 points. Note that this part of the exam incorporates material from the entire course.
3. C: A longer essay question in which you will apply a central theme to three of the tragedies or trilogies we have read. You will need to evaluate the role of this theme in one play by Euripides (Hippolytus or Medea), one play by Sophocles (Oedipus at Colonus or Antigone), and in Aeschylus' Oresteia. This essay is worth 30 points. Note that this part of the exam incorporates material from the entire course.

• Please note that the practice exam is intended only as a guide to the nature of the questions that might be asked on the exam. Under no circumstances should you assume that the practice test includes the actual questions that will be asked on the exam.
• If you miss the final exam you will receive a grade of incomplete for the course. If an extreme family or medical emergency has caused you to miss the final exam, bring me documented proof, and we can arrange for a makeup exam early next semester. Otherwise the grade of incomplete will turn to an "F" at the end of next semester.
• The online outlines of lectures should provide a good guide as you study for the exam, but you will need to supplement the information given there with what you have gained from the book and in lectures. If you have missed classes or have not kept up with the daily readings, be sure to get notes from your colleagues and catch up with the readings (cf. "Word to the Wise" on your syllabus).
• For each question on the exam, make sure you answer each part of the question. I will provide on the test itself a division of how points will be assigned for each question.
• Please see Sonia, Brandy or me with any questions you may have.

Practice exam

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