Answer any three of the following questions, 2-3 pages for each answer, for a total of 6-9 pages. You may hand in your answers early if you like, but all answers are due by Tues., May 15th, in class.
The questions are keyed to different reading
assignments, with the idea that each question is raised most centrally
in a certain part of the reading. 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 A edition only, please base your
answer on the A edition text (where there are differences). You can
cite it by the A-edition page number (e.g., ``A112'').