Answer any three of the following questions, 2-3 pages for each answer, for a total of 6-9 pages (double spaced). Your answers are due, as an attachment, via the “Assignments” tool on eCommons, by midnight Tuesday, December 10th. Please submit in MSWord format (.doc or .docx are both fine) or in a format easily convertible to MSWord (e.g. plain text or RTF). The eCommons site is set to accept late submissions, though late papers (without an approved extension) may not receive full credit. It is not set to allow resubmissions: once you press the “submit” button, it will not let you change your response. If, however, you mistakenly submit something and want to change it, please contact me and I will make an exception.
The questions are keyed to different sections of the reading, with the idea that each question is raised most centrally
in a certain section. However, you can and should use material from
anywhere in the text where it's relevant to the answer.
Because this is an exam rather than a paper, I will
give priority to accuracy over originality in grading. However, all
the questions do require some thought; they can't simply be read out
of the texts. Moreover, in many (if not all) cases the “correct”
answer is unavoidably a matter of interpretation: in such cases it
would be safest to reproduce what I said in class, but it will also be
acceptable if you're clearly following some other reasonable
interpretation. And, of course, as usual, your answer must be
“original” in the sense that it is your own work. (If you use any
outside source -- which I don't recommend -- you must cite
it.)
Since we read the B edition only,
please base your answer on the B edition text (where there are
differences). You can cite it by the B-edition page number (e.g.,
“B112”).
For answers to some common questions about my assignments, please see this FAQ.